I love the last post.  What people do not understand is many puppy mills are AKC.  You see AKC puppies in pet stores all the time and most that would put their puppies in pet stores it is because they don't want people coming to their house where they raise their puppies.  They have something to hide!!  AKC tries to act as if they are trying to stop puppy mills but they are not.  I just reg. a litter of maltese puppies with AKC and they send coupon for my next litter.  This would be great up it goes out of date in 17 days.  This coupon only are helping save money for the breeders that have litters every other week. So AKC love big time breeders.  Lots of money to be made!!  I don't think the number of dogs you have makes you a puppy mill, I think it is how they are raised and housed.