We have compiled this information, and written the following pages to help the public understand more about the "Silver Lab"

SILVER???

CHOCOLATE?

SEDGE?

YELLOW?

WHITE?

Lt YELLOW?

CREAM?

Does it really matter what we choose to call them? Or what name we choose to describe the color that we see them as being? Whether we wish to describe this Yellow coat as "Lt Yellow" or "White","Cream" or a "Pale Yellow" or "Fox Red", Champagne, or just "Yellow" -------No matter what we choose to call the coat color, the end result is the same---They are DNA tested and are considered to be Yellow Labradors, registered by the AKC, as Yellow.

Bottom line is that they are all beautiful, AKC registered, Yellow Labrador Retrievers.

Bottom line is that they are all beautiful, AKC registered, Chocolate Labrador Retrievers.

Does it really matter what we choose to call them? Or what name we choose to describe the color that we see them as being? Whether we wish to describe this color as "Lt Chocolate" or "Dilute Chocolate" or "Gray" or "Silver" or "Platinum" or as the original standard stated "Sedge", or a "Cool- toned Chocolate" or "Dilute Chocolate" -------No matter what we choose to call the coat color, the end result is the same---They are DNA'd and according to the DNA, are considered to be Chocolate Labradors, therefore they are registered by the AKC, as Chocolate, which was decided upon originally by the AKC in conjunction with the LRC.

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Regardless of their 'Type' or 'Look' or 'Color' there is only one Labrador Retriever, and one standard that describes the Labrador Retriever.

Gray??

Platinum??

The LRC has an official statement on the dilute coat color of Silver. Their initial, original opinion was that the silver dogs that were being were registering in the 80's, as silver, were no more than a light shade of Choc and fell within the standard of being a shade of the Chocolate Coat, not a silver, and thus should be registered as such, as a Chocolate not as a Silver. Reputable breeders of this 'Silver' coat color agree with the LRC original opinion, and due to the DNA tests that they have done on these 'Sivler' dogs, they have proven that they are indeed just a shade of Chocolate, and should be registered as such. Now the LRC, and those supporting their opinion on this matter, are contradicting their original descision and are now making an 'Official' statement, stating that they do not approve of the Silver coat color being registered as Chocolate???? With so much improvement being done, on the Silver Lines, for type, structure and pedigree, and the popularity of such coat colors increasing dramatically, they have now decided that they consider this Light Choc, or Dilute Chocolate, or Silver as we call them, that they fought for to be registered as Chocolate to begin wtih back in the 80's, they now consider it to be a fault, and they state that the reason is, that there is no "Silver" coat color in the Labrador Retriever Standard, and they no longer beleive that it is a shade of Chocolate. It seems that they have seriously contridicted themselves. Not to mention that DNA testing and genetic research has proven that these 'Silver' Labradors, are indeed a Chocolate Labrador retriever, and should be accepted as such.

Updated 2/01/09

Dilute CHOCOLATE?

We, the Breeders of these Dilute Chocolate Labradors, are not the ones that decided that they should be registered as Chocolate in the first place, that was decided upon by the Breed Club itself, back in 87.

FOX RED?

CHAMPAGNE?

The "Truth" about Silver Labradors

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Lt. Chocolate or Dk Chocolate

BLACK?

BLUE??

Charcoal???

Slate??

Lt SILVER??

Does it really matter what we choose to call them? Or what name we choose to describe the color that we see them as being? Whether we wish to describe this color as "Lt Black or "Dilute Black" or "Slate" or "Lt Silver" or "Charcoal" or "Blue"-------No matter what we choose to call the coat color, the end result is the same---They are DNA'd tested, and according to the DNA, are considered to be Black Labradors, therefore they are registered by the AKC, as Black. There are "Blue Blacks" that have been produced out of parents that do not carry the dilute gene.

No matter what words we use as descriptive, to describe the coat color of our Labrador Retriever, they are all Yellow, Black, or Chocolate colored Labs and are all registered as such.