Are Silver Labs pure bred Labrador Retrievers?
A. DNA testing and mapping of Silver Labs was done during the close of the Twentieth Century and meticulous investigations of each Silver Lab’s ancestry was conducted by investigators from AKC. All conclusions were the same, i.e., “there was no reason to doubt that the dogs were pure bred Labrador Retrievers” (see conclusion issued by AKC). Amazingly, the Opponents of Silver Labs counter these scientific conclusions with the incredibly accusation that the “cross-breeding” which was allegedly used to produce Silver Labs was either covered up by line breeding (a virtual impossibility with modern DNA tests); or happened too long ago to be detected by DNA testing (which apparently implies someone performed this feat of magic about 50 years ago). If anyone ever needed an indication of just how opponents of Silver Labs are, their statements against verification through gene mapping should speak volumes. Every K-9 carries in its genes a complete genetic history of its ancestors going all the
