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.
Obviously written by someone opposed to the silvers, but he does comment that the first breedings came from a kennel who also bred wiems. Who knows if he is right or wrong however...
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You might want to check that link. There are no lack of sites pro or against the color. Again, people can howl bloody murder about the color just like they can howl bloody murder about white GSDs. My point is that they exist, they're part of the registry which AKC is alright with so we can either accept that it might be someone's choice to breed them or not. There are no lack of black, yellow, and choc labs in this world so if you'd prefer one of the above go ahead. I just prefer to not play the holier than thou color game when very simply, you can't win it. The best thing lab breeders can do to fight it is simply breed a better lab and ask that their dogs not be bred to silver labs similar to the shiba inu folks who ask that their dogs not be bred to white shiba lines.
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Re: Silver Labradors?
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