Three colors. One extraordinary breed.
We believe strongly in preserving the Labrador Retriever and the characteristics that make it so exceptional. Our program celebrates all three while staying focused on the qualities that matter most: sound health, correct structure, stable temperament, intelligence, trainability, and true Labrador type. Whether your future Labrador is black, yellow, or chocolate, our standards do not change.
Is a labrador right for your family?
A Labrador Will
Want to be with you constantly, retrieve until your arm gives out, swim in anything wet, eat enthusiastically, shed year-round, and stay puppyish well past the first birthday.
A Labrador Needs
Daily physical exercise and mental work, early training, and a household that enjoys an athletic, social, people-focused dog for ten to fourteen years.
Where we stand on dilute Labradors
Freedom Ranch Labradors does not support the intentional breeding of dilute Labradors — silver, charcoal, or champagne.
The AKC recognizes three colors in this breed. Dilutes are registered as one of those three despite carrying a dilution gene the breed standard does not include, and the dilute coat is associated with color dilution alopecia, a skin and coat condition. We will not breed for it, and we do not approve dilute or dilute-carrying females for stud service.
Often asked
Is a silver Lab a purebred Labrador?
It is registered as one, but the dilution gene behind the coat is not part of the breed standard, and reputable breeders do not select for it.
Do you ever have silver puppies?
No. Our breeding dogs are tested, and pairings are planned so that dilute puppies are not produced.
