Silver hunting labrador

[trkyhntr21]

I find this topic interesting because it makes me wonder if all breed founders and early pioneers were subject to as much scrutiny as anyone trying to create their own breed nowadays.

From what I have seen over the years of dog forums is that there was a period in history when it was acceptable for new breeds to emerge but that time has since past and it will never be acceptable in the future.

I think its three things one is that there is a breed out there for whatever it is that people use a dog for and generally a specific line within a breed can be found. Second society generally isn't very tolerant today of what past generations had to do to get the breeds we have today. If you are starting a breed you have to be merciless and the ones that don't fit the mold didnt get given away or sent to a shelter.
Third is you need a person with a clear vision on what kind of breed he wants and he better have lots of money.

[topher]

Maybe I'm color blind.. I still don't see the difference.

[Doug]

Maybe I'm color blind.. I still don't see the difference.

You too? Don't worry about it, I will throw a wrench into the colour wheel of Labs...

Black is not considered a colour. Chocolate is a sweet treat, Yellow is the only true colour on a colour wheel, that much I remember from Art class.

Breeding and training is what is important in making a good hunting partner, or companion dog for that matter.

HoytG3, you have 2 beautiful looking labs there, either one would be a privilege to hunt with.

[ebenezer]

Yellow Dog there is quite a lengthy thread on the RTF forum discussing the genetic and the presenc eof a dd gene in silvers that would indicate the dog was not labrador. Too complicated for me.

[yellow dog]

Yellow Dog there is quite a lengthy thread on the RTF forum discussing the genetic and the presenc eof a dd gene in silvers that would indicate the dog was not labrador. Too complicated for me.

Thanks i will read that information, very curious.

[PaulR]

Bad enough they let them ugly yellows in and worse yet the super ugly chocolates but now silvers too ? Damn lab breed is going to shat . If it isn't black it's just another designer dog .

TD

Thems fightin words!!!

[Ugo]

Gosh, I find this post very depressing. I had my heart set on a pink Lab for my wife. Who cares if it can't find the kibble on the kitchen floor! Not sure how I'm going to break this to her now.

[Fox]

I am pretty sure that every dog has wolf DNA


Looks interesting, not sure that Weimaraner ties would hurt a dog for birdy activities, but the inbreeding and pushing for colour rather than work ethic would hurt the breed.

I really do hate these "breed standards" though, the kennel clubs are really twisting dog breeds, every breed is a designer dog, nobody seems to care about the health and well being of the breed in the long term, they want the look and feel that is all.

I still to this day believe that muts end up being the healthiest animals, they may be unpredictable in what they can do or can't, but they always seemed to out last the pure bread dogs.

[yellow dog]

I am pretty sure that every dog has wolf DNA


Looks interesting, not sure that Weimaraner ties would hurt a dog for birdy activities, but the inbreeding and pushing for colour rather than work ethic would hurt the breed.

I really do hate these "breed standards" though, the kennel clubs are really twisting dog breeds, every breed is a designer dog, nobody seems to care about the health and well being of the breed in the long term, they want the look and feel that is all.

I still to this day believe that muts end up being the healthiest animals, they may be unpredictable in what they can do or can't, but they always seemed to out last the pure bread dogs.

No that would be a crap shoot unless these mutts came from genetically healthy stock.

[Fox]

No that would be a crap shoot unless these mutts came from genetically healthy stock.

Just speaking of family history with farm mutts, the mutts always do better and always have less problems from what we have seen. There have been lots of pure bread animals but the mutts are the ones that have cost the least amount on vet bills and lived the longest. Lab/Shepard crosses have done really well for us as farm dogs.