While looking for a lab pup for my daughter I came across a couple of ads that made me yelp in disbelief. One wanted £2000 for a "silver lab" pup. The other wanted almost £1500 for a lab pup born with tan feet !
I know this was a recent topic but it made me mad all over again . Are there people who are really daft enough to pay that sort of money for a pup with no qualifications other than an odd colour ? Mis-coloured lab pups used to get a one way ticket to a hole in the ground !
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£2000 for a lab pup ....any takers ?
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Re: £2000 for a lab pup ....any takers ?
It's called "fashion" I believe?
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Re: £2000 for a lab pup ....any takers ?
Lol it's nothing for some lab field trial breedings to go for $10,000 - $20,000 here. And they're not even silver 
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Re: £2000 for a lab pup ....any takers ?
Once people start breeding for colour then all other attributes go out of the window. We have seen it with the chocolate Lab and many fear it is happening with the so called fox red Lab. Choosing parents because of colour rather than ability,robust health and temperament ruins working breeds in no time at all. Breeding a dog because it is the fashionable colour and turning a blind eye to its faults is becoming all to common.
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Much like breeding to win a trial regardless of other considerations? 
In life, it is important to know when to stop arguing with people and simply let them be wrong.
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Re: £2000 for a lab pup ....any takers ?
I feel it is 'wicked' to breed a dog for its colour and then charge a mad fee. But if people are so stupid as to buy something fashionable and prepared to pay that price, this breeding will go on.
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Re: £2000 for a lab pup ....any takers ?
I saw an even worse ad today. Four thousand pounds per puppy for a bulldog type mutt ! 
Those pups must shit gold or sumfin !
Wullie
Those pups must shit gold or sumfin !Wullie
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Re: £2000 for a lab pup ....any takers ?
Bill, my intel is that, as a Commonwealth citizen in good standing, Cass made an exploratory journey south of the border, only to find out: http://www.jimtownkennels.com/bulladors/
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Re: £2000 for a lab pup ....any takers ?
Is that for real?crackerd wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2018 9:24 pm Bill, my intel is that, as a Commonwealth citizen in good standing, Cass made an exploratory journey south of the border, only to find out: http://www.jimtownkennels.com/bulladors/
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