My points about AKC are this: Without an AKC certification, the pups are pretty much worthless. Without an AKC certification, you can't really claim you have a purebred dog. Without an AKC certification, there's no pedigree.

I'll get to the point - which is just MY opinion: If you aren't breeding for a purpose (show, hunt, herd, guard, etc.), don't breed. There are WAY too many dogs being detroyed, to create a bunch more. We are former breeders and owners of top-winning show dogs. We now have 2 rescued dogs. Both great dogs, BTW, but would NEVER be bred - even if we hadn't had them fixed. Seriously, only a tiny fraction of individual dogs are worth breeding.