I can see it in them dogs from the gallery posted. There heads are not quite right, and the ears. I somewhat see the difference in the bodies also. To some, a lab is a lab is a lab, but the people who know differently are looking at more specific points on the dog that are not right. If all the silver labs were the *charcoal* variety...then maybe it would be much more believable that they came from nothing but pure labs. It looks to me like some are getting smart with it and have breed just right with enough generations that they are starting to look really close to the real thing. How do you think new breeds and colors were ever created? You keep breeding them the way you want them, with enough time, no fail you get your desired result. Its not there at all yet. To preserve the lab as it should be, this needs to stop. Unfortunatly, most typical pet owner know nothing about breeding, nor the standards a dog should fit, and a large majority may not even care. They want what they want. This is much worse than the cross breeds being sold, the doodles and such, because they are being passed as pure.

I dont agree with people buying up the fancy new mixes, but at least they are being sold as what they are. Then again I could be way off...how can something be this bad, and go this far, and the AKC never be able to find a way to stop it? There are a lot of rules with breeders, and with trouble afoot your not going to be able to register your pups.... so I am undecided in that manner. But I do agree that the labs certainly look mixed to me.