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Silver or White Lab Pups
Hey Folks! Just wondering if any of you know of any breeders of Silver or White Labrador Pups. My fiance and I have really gotten to like the look of the Silver and White Labs and are looking to get one come spring. So if any of you have any info on breeders or the Silver or white Lab in general i'd love to hear it. We love all Labs but really took a liking to these two particular shades. Any help would be great!! 
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The silver labs are bred from chocolate labs but have a "silver" gene in them which makes them have a variation in Silver coloring, some very light with hardly any Chocolate visible, some that look mostly Chocolate. I'm not real familiar with the white lab but i'm going to guess is bred with yellow labs. If you do a Google and type Silver Labs you'll get a lot of info on various sides. Many say the Silver lab should have to register Chocolate, many say it is different from the Chocolate and should be allowed to register as Silver.
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I would have to say that they are all yellow labs. Yellow is dominant over chocolate. You must breed chocolate to chocolate to get chocolate dogs. Black is dominant to both, but you can get yellow pups from 2 blacks with yellow in their genes. There is lots of color variation in the yellows, thus producing ht e color varients you like so much. Go to the local dog shows, I think the Land O'Lakes show is coming up in the next couple of weeks, usually is at the convention center attached to the Xcel center, can't remember the name off hand. Big show. Talk to the breeders with dogs you like, some of them are handled professionally, so you'll need to get contact information from them. And always ask if you can pet the dog before you do it, and don't be afraid to talk to them, as many dog people are standoffish. Try to get them after their competition, not before, as they are more likely to be receptive to you at that time. Good luck, and have fun!
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Originally Posted by splashtm
I would have to say that they are all yellow labs. Yellow is dominant over chocolate. You must breed chocolate to chocolate to get chocolate dogs. Black is dominant to both, but you can get yellow pups from 2 blacks with yellow in their genes.
the way they came out...(shrugs shoulders)
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FREEEK, I guess your dog is one too! Seriously, that really shouldn't be possible. I'm not saying your lying, either. Your dog may have some odd extra gene somewhere. It's like saying all calico cats are female, which is true, but some are really hermaphrodites with male-like external genitalia.
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Splashtm, no problem, and I'm sorry, i forgot to mention that the female probably isn't a purebred lab, and the male more than likely was not either!
I think he had some bloodhound or something in him, he had huge drooping ears, and the saggy jowls.
Also, he could stand up on his hind legs, put his front paws on my shoulders, and look me right in the eyes! (I'm well over 5 feet!)
again, sorry for not saying this in the first post i made, lol.
All the pups from that litter looked like pure Labs though.-
Ironically, one of the yellow pups from that litter, is probably going to give birth tonight or tomorow with pups sired by our American Pit male..
go figure...
I think he had some bloodhound or something in him, he had huge drooping ears, and the saggy jowls.
Also, he could stand up on his hind legs, put his front paws on my shoulders, and look me right in the eyes! (I'm well over 5 feet!)
again, sorry for not saying this in the first post i made, lol.
All the pups from that litter looked like pure Labs though.-
Ironically, one of the yellow pups from that litter, is probably going to give birth tonight or tomorow with pups sired by our American Pit male..
go figure...
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Originally Posted by TN-W124 Diesel
I have a BLACK English Lab and the dog has gray hairs underneath the black, I just thought it is old age but the dog is only 3 years old??
I've seen some Labs get it, and some that didn't, mainly seems to affect Choc. Labs though, maybe splashtm could verify this...?
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Happens to dogs of all breeds, some just appear to age faster than others. My Chesapeake was starting to gray at the muzzle at 4, and my black and white lab-pit mix is getting gray now at 4, but she's getting odd grey hairs all over her head.I don't thnk it has anything to do with the breeds specifically. White dogs don't seem to have that issue. Now that I think about it, dogs with white spots somewhere in their coats do seem to get greys sooner than those that are solid... might be a gene expression like male pattern baldness. I do have to say that I don't think black or choc. labs are more prone to it, but it is very common for purebred labs to have small white spots on their chests or pencilling between their toes.
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