Silver lab thing not true... I just researched it cause I was thinking of getting one, akc doesn't acknowledge silver. Silver labs come from a cross of a weimer lab. All "silver" labs can be traced back to two kennels that were breeding both labs and weimers in the 50's 60's time frame. People that have silver labs have to breed a silver to a chocolate lab to get the lighter colored silver to maintain its trait, true labs you can breed any of the three colors and get either yellow, black or chocolate. One of my females (black) will throw all three colors in one litter when bred to any male, and one female ( yellow) bred to my chocolate male only throws black. Silver labs are a false strain of purebred, though very beautiful dogs