Originally posted by IRescue452
My gosh, all your pictures look like properly bred labs, not backyard overbred "labs", except for the silver which has many unlab-like qualities. Thats a hard thing to find. Silver is a backyard bred colour. I like the extreme ends of yellows, light yellows that are almost white and dark yellows that are almost orange.
The silver coloring is not a sole backyard breeder color, in fact it takes a good breeder to be able to produce such strong silver coloring. Silvers are a product of a chocolate labrador, through the process of breeding, the genes of the chocolates are "diluted" to create an extremely light chocolate which gives the appearane of silver. A breeder does not have to breed a Weimeraner with a Labrador to get this coloring. I have seen a silver Labrador in person, they look different in person than they do in the picture, you notice the chocolate in their fur more.

How is that silver Labrador in the picture 'improper'? The head structure is correct, the ear size is correct along with the setting on the head, the muzzle is the correct shape and leg, the body appears to be in good proportion and whole- but it is kind of hard to tell since the dog is laying down, the paws are fairly large which is what you want in a lab for strong swimming skills for retrieves. That lab looks very nice. It appears to be less stocky than the English types pictured for the yellow, black, and chocolate examples, but it does not make the dog look TOO skinny and lanky. There are worse looking Labs that this one, that is for sure!

There was a silver Lab up for adoption at L.E.A.R.N (Lab adoption service for N. IL and S.WI), gorgeous dog! I think she was adopted, because her profile is no longer on the website. I thought I'd never see a silver up for adoption at L.E.A.R.N- I was shocked when I saw her on there!!