Tuesday 15 January 2013

Silver Labrador Breeders Are Breeding A New Hybrid Color Variation

By Chandra Zane


Lovers of Labs have a new color to choose from in puppies. In addition to the standard colors: of black, yellow and chocolate, there is a new silvery color. Visibly it is more like a chocolate with a silvery overlay. Silver Labrador breeders are breeding silver labs and charcoal lab puppies for sale.

The American Kennel Club registers this tone as a chocolate variation. This is a logical acceptance since such a color is not an unusual variant of brown. For instance, the American Chesapeake Bay Retriever also has a silvered brown tone. The LRC accepts different shade variations in the chocolate standard labs, as it does in the standard yellow labs.

Origins of the breed can be traced to the Canadian island of Newfoundland and the St. Johns water dog. The ancestors of the St. Johns bloodline are not known for certain. But it is thought that this breed developed from some mixture of English, Portuguese and Irish working dog breeds.

These dogs came to the U. S. By way of Great Britain. In Great Britain, this breed was first documented under the name in 1839. Their lineage can be traced to early breeding by British lords, primarily the Earls of Malmesbury and the Dukes of Buccleuch.

Originally only Black was documented and accepted as a true color. While a yellow strain had turned up in St. Johns, this shade was not accepted. In the early period of documentation, yellows were often terminated for this reason. But when it kept on turning up, since it is a recessive color tone, it was eventually included as an acceptable representative of the breed.

Chocolate labs, like the yellow strain, showed in early programs and were often eliminated. Since this is a recessive tone as well, the chocolate strain would appear sporadically over time. There was eventual acceptance of this hue as well.

Interested observers have noted that it is easy to see that present day bloodlines are becoming more diversified. They say differences are becoming more evident between field trial lines and show lines. Consequently, a difference in color caused by gene variations should not be a surprise.

Silver Labrador breeders are hoping that the new shade will be accepted as another recognized color for this breed as this hue has a growing appeal. Under all the different shades the soulful nature of this canine remains true. There is a reason why it is the most popular of all registered breeds in America, Canada, United Kingdom and New Zealand.




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