What is the controversy over Silver Labs?
A. At the end of the Twentieth Century the frequency of Silver (gray) Labs began to increase in North America due to an increase in the number of chocolate Labs in the gene pool of Labrador Retrievers and these Silver Labs in turn fueled an enormous controversy within the Labrador community. Fortunately, by the advent of the Twenty First Century, the controversy surrounding Silver Labs subsided except for a few remaining ignorant breeders of “old standard” colors. Unfortunately, those ignorant holdout breeders (who refuse to acknowledge AKC’s acceptance of Silver Labs as pure bred Labrador Retrievers) continue to confuse the public by making unfounded accusations regarding the genetic purity of Silver Labs. In an attempt to quiet the ignorant ranting of the more vocal opponents of Silver Labs, they offered a $100,000.00 Silver Lab Challenge to any “expert” who wished to put their money where their mouth was concerning their accusations surrounding the ancestry of Silver Labs. As a surp
