Torner, I'm not judging you, but I find it hard to take the opinions of a breeder I know nothing about. Just recently a Dane breeder told me that dogs don't raid gardens, but its a very common occurrence sent into dog advice columns I give answers for. This highly reputable breeder lost all support from me. They also gave a few other false "facts". Do you know how many breeders out there know nothing about dogs? Especially labs. I see so many bad labs that are AKC bred from "reputable" breeders, they even show up in shows. They have sickle tails that go way past the hocks and pointy muzzles and no lung capacity to go retrieving birds in water. I'd rather see you attack these breeders and the backyard silver breeders than the dogs themselves. Maybe someday the silver lab will be bred by good breeders and be an accepted colour. I wouldn't care to stop that from happening. What I would care to stop is the breeders who do this for profit and don't care to preserve the lab standard and type while trying out the colour.