Say No To Silver Labs

**TORNER RETRIEVERS** · 01-09-2006, 12:40 AM

Jessika:

your dogs are beautiful!

**Jessika** · 01-09-2006, 01:24 AM

Originally Posted by TORNER RETRIEVERS

Jessika:

your dogs are beautiful!

Awww thank you so much!!

**IRescue452** · 01-09-2006, 10:45 AM

hmm one of my breed encyclopedias has this as the difference between American and English, but I'll take the breeders advice on what to call each type. I do consider tails important when I look at labs. A dog with a curly sickle tail isn't a good lab to me. My neighbor's had a huge lab, maybe 30", a good type though with good features. He'd retrieve until he had to lay down exhausted.

**.sarah** · 01-09-2006, 10:51 AM

Originally Posted by IRescue452

hmm one of my breed encyclopedias has this as the difference between American and English, but I'll take the breeders advice on what to call each type. I do consider tails important when I look at labs. A dog with a curly sickle tail isn't a good lab to me. My neighbor's had a huge lab, maybe 30", a good type though with good features. He'd retrieve until he had to lay down exhausted.

I used to call it American and English too until I was corrected by Nova's dog trainer, who breeds Show Labs. She said her's were American though I kept saying Nova was American and her Labs were English. So I decided to look it up and most of the breeders refer to it that way.

Even though Nova was from a BYB she still has a strong tail like a Lab should. It's longer than a Show Lab's would be, but it's still quite capable of knocking things off the table ... Luka's is too.

**Cataholic** · 01-09-2006, 11:53 AM

My sister's chocolate lab- European, is very different from the American ones I am used to. In my opinion, I like the look better than the American ones. Though, at heart, he is still a labbie- with a tail so strong he could start a tornado!

**dab_20** · 01-09-2006, 09:02 PM

i like the feild bred labs personally. my friend has three yellow field bred labs, i love them! although if i could get a lab i would get a chocolate. because black and yellow are pretty common. but whatever is waiting at the shelter for a family suits me just fine!

**.sarah** · 01-10-2006, 10:46 AM

Originally Posted by dab_20

i like the feild bred labs personally. my friend has three yellow field bred labs, i love them! although if i could get a lab i would get a chocolate. because black and yellow are pretty common. but whatever is waiting at the shelter for a family suits me just fine!

Wierd, around here I see mostly Chocolate Labs.