Ridiculous...

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Savannah- Blue Belle

A Heart of Gold!

Barked: Mon Feb 13, '12 11:15am PST


	http://www.silvertonelabs.com/our_champagnes.htm I found this while browsing for St. Paddy's day clipart. They "specialize" in Silver Labs but also have a "very rare and hard to find" Champagne line which I can't see any difference between the coats on them and on run of the mill Yellow Lab, Savannah. Bosh!

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Sirius- Padfoot- Black

Too clever for- Mom's own good!- :)

Barked: Mon Feb 13, '12 11:27am PST


	Wow, Savvy! You're a rare and hard-to-get Champagne lab? Who knew? I agree, it's ridiculous what people will do for a buck! But Savvy is a beautiful girl!!

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Shandi

Goofball

Barked: Mon Feb 13, '12 1:33pm PST


	That is just ridiculous! I'm so tempted to send them a not so nice email. It's just a yello Lab. And how can they show them if they're such a rare breed. You can only show yellow, chocolate and black labs because those are the official colours. Just like you cant show silver Labs.

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Bruno

magnificanis

Barked: Mon Feb 13, '12 2:14pm PST


	that's just bizarre... I was assuming "champagne" would be cream (light yellow) with dilute skin pigment- either dilute chocolate (called "lilac" in other breeds) or dilute black ("blue"). And when I google "Champagne Labrador Retriever" that's what I find, light yellows with dilute brown noses and very light eyes. But unless my eyes deceive me, these dogs look like normal yellows with black noses. You wouldn't be able to show a dog with a blue or lilac nose anyway, and they claim to be showing them. And the price- 4500!!!! For YELLOW Labs. "Ridiculous" is right.

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Member Since
02/11/2012

Barked: Mon Feb 13, '12 3:27pm PST


	I think that is the funniest thing I have seen in a long, long time! I know--I'll get a few black labs, call them "rare Ebony" and make a fortune! BOL!

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Sarah

Million Dollar- Mutt

Barked: Mon Feb 13, '12 4:18pm PST


	They show the dogs in the "IABCA" (International All Breed Canine Association)... Never heard of it. There was another kennel that popped up when I searched champagne labradors. Apparently they come in light champagne- cremello, and dark champagne goldello... Their dogs just don't look right. Some college friends of mine got caught up in the whole "rare color" thing. They spent all kinds of money on a "white" lab puppy. My friend is one of those super sentimental people. She wanted the white lab for her "cotton" wedding anniversary (year 2?). They even named the dog Cotton. The dog is light yellow, not white. But she continues to call it her "white lab". Ugh.

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Bruno

magnificanis

Barked: Mon Feb 13, '12 5:56pm PST


	IABCA is legit. I've posted about them before. It's a non-competitive show association/registry- they do shows all around the USA and it's good way to "test the waters" of dog showing if you're just getting started. But it's much easier to get an IABCA title than AKC or even UKC, so it's less valuable. A dog whose only formal accomplishment is an IABCA title indicates a lazy breeder... especially if they're promoting the dog as a top show stud. (Not.)