What are your plans for the dog?
Housedog?
Hunting dog?
Service dog?
Or what?
Silver Labs are registered as Chocolate. There is fairly good evidence that there is some Viszla or Weimie that was bred into a Chocolate in order to get the color (of course, all the Silver breeders deny this).
As for price, they are exhorbitant --- they usually run in the $1200 to $2500 range, so the price range you quoted is barely the amount of a deposit.
There has been a huge amount of inbreeding in order to retain the color.
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Doc E &
HR UH MHR WR SR Black Forest Casey &
HRCH HR UH Sauk River Friar Tucker (titled at 12.5 months)
Thankyou for your concern, however I'm very aware of all the controversy around these dogs. I too believe that somewhere down the line a Weimeraner or two was mixed in to create the color. This does not bother me. There is no such thing as a "purebred" dog. All the recognized breeds were created form the mixing of other breeds. Just because it was doneover a hundred years ago, and not 15-20 makes me no difference.
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Basically a family pet, shed hunting buddy, fishiing partner, etc. Also a playmate for our black lab.
If you want to pay the price, then I say your desires for the dogare fine.
If you were going to Hunt and/or Hunt Test the dog, then IMO, a Silver would be a bad choice. They have pretty much had the "hunt" bred out of them in favor of breeding for color.
Good Luck in your search.
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Doc E &
HR UH MHR WR SR Black Forest Casey &
HRCH HR UH Sauk River Friar Tucker (titled at 12.5 months)
I beg to differ DOCE, but you have no clue as to what you are talking about. I have just recently purchased TWO labs one silver and one charcoal and they are already pointing at 10 weeks and retrieving to hand. Best hunting labs i have ever seen. These dogs were bought strictly for hunting on my 9000 acres in northwest KS. And about your article, there are just as many articles that state the opposite. You bash the silver breed but how do you explain BLACK AND WHITE GERMAN SHORTHAIRS. Just keep your damn mouth shut and mind your own business.
Looking for silver or charcoal lab
