My husband met someone today who has a silver lab - I've never heard of this color before. Sure enough, I can find them on-line. Does anyone know how this color was developed out of the standard chocolate, yellow or brown? (I have not done any research, just came right here to pose the question knowing that SOMEONE will have the scoop!)
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I have seen/heard of them, and IMO feel they are another dog sold at a high price for a novelty. I believe it is thought they were initially bred with weimeraners/chocolates.
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It's a dilute black and a non accepted variety usually registered under Chocolate much to the chagrin of the lab club of america. HOWEVER, Akc has kindly informed the lab club to shove their claims of impure breeding because more evidence than color is needed to call a dog a mongrel.
I have personally seen field style silver labs, and show style. Silver is simply a dilute black. Lab breeders may howl about how breeding for color is wrong but the breed club has done so for years and years and gave the same song and dance about choc labs. So imo if they float your boat, go for it assuming the breeder holds their dogs type to a decent standard of either field or show type and clears their dogs up to chic levels on health.
Nope, they absolutely do NOT float my boat; I love a good lab and used to have a sweet yellow gal, but am no more interested in a new breed of dog than I am in having a root canal. Thanks for the info.
Don't we have enough breeds from which to select without creating more?
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Again, not a new breed or even a mutt. It's just a color like white GSD. Some people adore them, and I know folks who also breed "white" labs which are just super light yellow. I'm just of the opinion that if it fits the breed standard otherwise and is able to do the job what do I care if the dog is "off color." A good dog or horse is always the right color.
Really if we want to combat anything within purebred dogs right now it's the doodle dog industry.
Again, not a new breed or even a mutt. It's just a color like white GSD. Some people adore them, and I know folks who also breed "white" labs which are just super light yellow. I'm just of the opinion that if it fits the breed standard otherwise and is able to do the job what do I care if the dog is "off color." A good dog or horse is always the right color.
Really if we want to combat anything within purebred dogs right now it's the doodle dog industry.
I understand - my "do we need a new breed" comment was inaccurate. If no other breed of dog has been introduced, rather only a manipulation of color from the "accepted norm" - the dog has the potential to be just as good or just as lousy as the accepted colored dog. I guess my bias stems from the fact that I have a hard time thinking of the white GSD as a GSD, even though they are beautiful... This doesn't mean they aren't a nice dog to own; they just don't represent a "German Shepherd" to me. Same thing with a silver lab... beautiful dogs, but jsut not "a lab" to me. JMHO.
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Doodles or designer any dogs are out of control! My problem with the "Silver" labs is that they are being priced far higher than your Blacks, Yellow, Chocolate, being sold as "Rare,"...Why? Same with these little mixed breed dogs, I know of someone that just spent $1900 on a "Maltipoo!"
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