gonehuntin' wrote:
You're making assumptions. I have seen silver labs for 35 years, mainly in Ca. Everyone always assumed they were a color phase of chocolates. Same as there's yellows that are nearly white and yellows that are dark red. I have no idea where the dog's came from. I was a trainer and took what I was given. Thing is, there is no PROOF they are not legitimate color phases.
Kind of like pointing labs. Labs have always pointed, but the most common to point were blacks from yellow or chocolate litters. I've watched labs point since the 70's. I don't know how you can say Mayo started the trend when they have ALWAYS pointed.
Were any of you ever at Kellog's in the 70's?
I am not making any assumptions.
Kellogg started selling pointing Labradors in the late 40s. They started selling grey Labradors in the early 50s.
All dilute gene carriers can be traced to at least one of Kelloggs Nick and Kelloggs Kernel. Dogs, that don't have either of those two dogs in their pedigree, do not have the dilute gene even if they have Nick's or Kernel's registered sire or dam in their pedigree.
Therefore either we witnessed evolution strike twice in the same kennel, which has the statistical probability of you winning the power ball every week that you're alive, or someone was breeding weims to labs and fraudulently registering them as Labradors.