my pup 6 mo. old today

[speck-chaser]

Cant believe how fast the time is flying by,and how fast my pup is growing up. She is starting to fill in the hole that was left when my big chocolate died last year. So far, she hasnt been too destructive-not near like my last lab. Not yet anyway.lol I am no expert trainer,but have been working with her for the past couple of months and she seems to be picking things up pretty well.

[swamp snorkler]

Thats a pretty dog

[Montauk17]

Always wanted a silver...pretty dog

[Jordan]

gorgeous dog !!

[RickLafayette]

Spec, did you get that silver lab from a local breeder?

[Top Dawg]

Pretty dog. You can definitely see the weim in her. Pretty pup!

[speck-chaser]

Originally Posted by RickLafayette

Spec, did you get that silver lab from a local breeder?

thanks fellas!!

rick, I got her out of state. I did see a couple of people that had some aorund port allen though.

[biggun]

Goregous Girl.. Guys Let me tell U.. I owned and trained my own Weimaraner.. As for crippled ducks or geese in the grass or ricefield He had not EQUAL... His Nose was by far more sensitive than a labs.. I also owned a female lab that was awesome.. My wiem just COULD NOT TAKE THE BITTER COLD WATER IN the Marsh..

My lab was awesome too. She had a great nose.. More drive than freight train..

But My Wiem Was the master blaster.. SO a combo of both is great...

[Top Dawg]

I had a weim that was never trained one day in his life. Brought decided to bring him one day when he was 3 years and he picked up our 18 ducks. A bird in the grass he could sniff out like a champ. He acted like he had been hunting all his life lol. Unfortunately he had an aggressive side and I had to get rid of him when my baby was born. I miss him though. Smartest dog I've ever been around.

[Raymond]

*** is that? Weinm?

[CajunSaint]

Originally Posted by Raymond

*** is that? Weinm?

I'm guessing a
Weimaraner

But that's not one??

Beautiful pup though!!!

[Top Dawg]

Originally Posted by Raymond

*** is that? Weinm?

Definitely one in the wood pile.

[Spunt Drag]

Originally Posted by Raymond

*** is that? Weinm?

A silver lab.

[Top Dawg]

Originally Posted by Spunt Drag

A silver lab.

Here we go lol

[Spunt Drag]

Originally Posted by Top Dawg

Here we go lol

Ha I was bored at work. Figured I'd get another debate goin!

[speck-chaser]

Originally Posted by Raymond

*** is that? Weinm?

Lets just say it was sold as a silver lab. really a strain from the chocolate. The dad is silver,and the mom is chocolate.

Just wondering "if" there was a weim in the woodpile from previous history, Can you ever get that particular gene out? If so, how many breedings of pure lab to lab does it take?

[Top Dawg]

It will never be pure lab to lab if there is weim in the genes

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Top Dawg

It will never be pure lab to lab if there is weim in the genes

BINGO!! We have a winner chicken dinner!! it's a designer breed sold without any health clearances or guarantees. Weims are know for their tendencies to go deaf so keep that in mind. They have been bred down to deliver a pet and not a prey drive hound. Good luck with her, I hope she works out and becomes a great member of your family.

[speck-chaser]

Well, I love my labareimer!!!. lol She did come with some warranty too. Although I dont ever intend her to be in field trials, my pups aunt won field trials at a pretty young age. It seems too that the chocolate labs werent all that popular or recognized either when they first came on the scenes either. Akc still considers these as chocolates because the color for chocolate can vary from sedge to chocolate. She is already becoming a big part of our family too.

[speck-chaser]

Just a lil something I found interesting.


The Controversy Over The Silver Lab.

At the end of the Twentieth Century, the frequency of silver (gray) labs began to increase in North America due to an increase in the number of chocolate labs in the gene pool of Labrador Retrievers. These Silver Labs in turn fueled an enormous controversy within the Labrador community.*

Fortunately, by the advent of the Twenty-First Century, the controversy surrounding Silver Labs subsided except for a few remaining* breeders of* "standard" colors. These remaining opponents of Silver Labs are the K-9 version *of the "Flat Earth Society". Unfortunately, those holdout breeders who refuse to acknowledge AKC's acceptance of silver labs, continue to confuse the general public by making unfounded accusations about the purity of the Silver Labs breeding. In an attempt to quiet the ranting of the more vocal opponents of Silver Labs, one breeder of silvers offered a $100,000.00 Silver Lab Challenge to any of these "experts" who wished to put their money where their mouth was concerning their accusations surrounding the ancestry of silver labs. And to the man, not one of those "experts" you see on the internet was willing to stand behind their Flat Earth*accusations regarding Silver Labs.*

Are Silver Labs Pure bred Labrador Retriever?

DNA testing and mapping of silver labs was done during the close of the Twentieth Century and meticulous investigation of each silver labs ancestry was conducted by investigators from AKC. All conclusions were the same, i.e., "there was no reason to doubt that the dogs were purebred Labrador Retrievers," (see conclusion issued by AKC). Amazingly, the Flat Earth Opponents of Silver Labs counter these scientific conclusions with the incredibly insane accusation that the "cross-breeding" which allegedly produced the Silver Labs was either covered up by line breeding or happened to long ago to be detected by DNA testing. If anyone ever needed an indication of just how ignorant opponents of Silver Labs are, this statement should be the key. Every K-9 carries in its genes a complete history of its ancestors going all the way back to wolves.

Everything written about the Silver Labs is based upon speculation. One statement that is commonly made is that there had to have been a Weimeraner introduced into the bloodlines to produce the silver color. This statement has been proven false. UC Berkley studied the genetic makeup of the Silver Lab against that of the Weimeraner. Researchers concluded that it was not the same.

Conclusion

Silver Labs are pure bred Labrador Retrievers and their ancestry is beyond reproach. Fortunately, kennel clubs around the world do not have the political pressure from mercenary American breeders of *"normal" colored labs and already accept silver labs without all the political fuss and pressure being applied to AKC (the original standard for a lab has always been "a coat of a solid color"). If a person should come upon one of the remaining "Silver Lab Hate sites" on the net and develops ANY doubts about Silver Labs, that person should go directly to AKC and ask the pertinent question to learn the facts.