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By: Autumn

Autumn — Sat, 25 Jan 2020 14:52:49 +0000

Silver labs are stunningly attractive dogs, but I think my concern would be that they are specifically bred by targeting the recessive gene as I understand it, through two chocolates. That for me is a concern as some silvers have many health issues. Not all. Careful breeders aim for their litters to be fully healthy, but that is not as common in the breeding world. If you look at the AKC puppies for sale pages, it is rare to find breeders that are Merit and Cerf. And some flat out do not check the box that their puppies have been bread for health.

I have been looking into adopting a black lab. In my research I learned of possible health issues. Having learned of the propensity for PRA and hip/elbow displasia, I’ve been searching for breeders who breed to avoid these genes. Sure I could adopt some random lab or get one that has not undergone health checks, but my thoughts are that if I am going to put heart and soul into raising, training and loving a pet that will be my family, I want them to be around for a while and to be healthy. I would feel sad to see a dog suffer with conditions that could have been avoided. That’s why I have not seriously considered owning a silver. I know there are and have been healthy sivers but I also know there are breeders who breed them for money without paying attention to genes and you could end up with a very unhealthy dog that suffers simply because some money grabbing fool wanted to sell the cutest popular color dog for a premium without knowing jack about what happens when you target recessive genes.

I think that silvers might still be too young to have all the health issues bred out of them. I believe this was actually the case to some degree with chocolates going back a few decades, in part because of limited gene pools. Again I have nothing against silvers. They are stunning and look to be very lovable. But there is a risk with their health which people need to be mindful of. If people were aware they would push harder to be sure breeders were paying attention to those genes rather than just breeding for dollars.

By: Tricia

Tricia — Sun, 27 Oct 2019 22:09:28 +0000

In reply to Ashley1.

AKC will register, because it can’t be proved that they are not purebred labs, but WILL NOT register them as “SILVER” They are registered as “CHOCOLATE” Neither the AKC nor the Labrador Retriever Club recognize SILVER. That is the facts. AKC/LRC joint statement https://thelabradorclub.com/news/akc-lrc-joint-statement-on-alleged-silver-labradors/

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 19 Oct 2018 00:31:38 +0000

Ralph, CDA is not something that affects most silver Labs, but it is a possibility. Your best defense is to seek out a careful breeder who breeds pups with low coefficients of inbreeding by selecting parents who are not closely related. But even if your silver is o e of the minority who get CDA, it’s generally just a cosmetic issue if you take good care of your dog and feed her well. As far as the purity of silver Labs, I’ve been breeding for over thirty years and remember when chocolates grew rapidly in popularity, even though narrow-minded people disparaged them. The silvers are 100% Lab. If they weren’t, one of the loud-mouths would have accepted a silver breeder’s $100,000 challenge to prove they weren’t purebred. Would be easy money if it we’re as certain as they say…

By: Krissy H

Krissy H — Mon, 20 Aug 2018 13:04:23 +0000

I think breeding to make a specific type of dog is
Very wrong. I had a had a great Black Lab named
BearBear and we all know they can or many do have hip problems in elder ages maybe you g too. Now I have my 1st little dog Mitzie who is a Papillon
Poodle aka Pappypoo and she has so many
stomach problems and other allergies and more wimy poor baby. Anyways I don’t think it’s right
actually I think it’s cruel. Mutts are different it
happened and not done in litters by litter of
puppies . I love Labradors and Golden Retrievers best dogs and of corse many other dogs are awesome too.

By: BeatrixMom

BeatrixMom — Fri, 13 Jul 2018 01:10:35 +0000

We have a 7 year old female silver lab. She’s our third lab. The first two were chocolates we rescued from a Lab Rescue. They were incredible dogs, but had been neglected and abused and cost us thousands in vet bills. We gave them both a wonderful life and cherished them until they passed. We got Beatrix from a breeder. We thought we’d done our research and we really wanted to have the experience of raising our next dog from a puppy. We love her, but she has been very difficult. She has anxiety, she’s territorial, she isn’t very bright and she has dilution alopecia. We feel so sorry for her. I don’t know if she’s mixed with another breed. I don’t care about that. I do know that the dd issues are real. The other dog we have right now is a 6 year old mutt from a rescue and he’s so smart, healthy, loving. I will never eve get a dog from a breeder again. There are too many dogs who need good homes. And they’re breeding dogs like Beatrix who suffer from gene issues.

By: RALPH

RALPH — Thu, 28 Jun 2018 22:44:52 +0000

Honestly, until today, I had never seen nor heard of a sliver. I used to have a chocolate years ago and he was the best friend and companion you could ask for. I am looking for another companion and came across this variation. From the research I’ve done, apparently tests have been done to locate any of the weimeraner genome and it wasn’t found. These dogs are as much “Labrador Retrievers” as much as any other yellow, black or chocolate. It seems that the recessive dd gene (same rececessive gene as found in weimaraners) is now becoming more popular. There also seems to be seven distinct bloodlines that prevent the inbreeding that has been alleged. I do not wish to breed or show the dog I buy, so it really doesnt matter if it says chocolate on the AKC papers. My main concern is the alopecia. Is this a common trait? It doesnt seem so. Will breeders guarantee their puppies against this? I had a german shepherd once that was diagnoswd with demodectic mange and the breeder offered a refund, however, by then, she was a part of the family. I wonder how prevalent this is. As far as temperament, in my opinion, that is more a factor of the owner and is their responsibility.