by Derby Tom Suszczewicz | Mar 26, 2015 | Breeding, The Standard
What Does Improvement Mean To You? By Derby Tom Suszczewicz Improvement breeding, improved lines, health tested. There are many terms tossed around by breeders, but what does improvement mean to you? Buyers and breeders have different goals in mind when selecting a...
by Derby Tom Suszczewicz | Mar 12, 2015 | Breeding, History
By Derby Tom Suszczewicz The anti-dilute Lab movement focuses on the few breeders that pioneered our dilute Labrador Retriever. Culo Kennels and Beavercreek are credited with bringing the Silver Lab out of the shadows and preserving the lines that we all have today....
by Derby Tom Suszczewicz | Feb 22, 2015 | Breeding
The Importance of Genetic Diversity It is often falsely stated that all Silver Labs are inbred or line bred. While the first kennels to register and breed dilute Labs were excited to learn about what they had, little was known about how to get predictable, repeatable...
by Derby Tom Suszczewicz | Feb 22, 2015 | History
The Origin Debate By Shannon Stites & Laxi Mallory How did dilute Labradors (informally known as “silver” labs) originate? Speculation abounds on both sides of the dilute lab debate. Let’s first review exactly what is a dilute Labrador. A “dilute” Labrador is a...
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