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posted 10-01-2003 10:54 AM         

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Hi, I'm in the process of getting a pit puppy.
I got my first pitbull 15 years ago and i have never lost interest in the breed.
She's gone now and i feel it's time to get another one.
Ok i'm blabbing now...lol
anyways the parents of the pit pup i'm getting is mother is golden buckskin and the father is known as silver. My question is, i have never heard of Silver before, can someone explain to me what color is silver, (i have'nt seen the parents yet, Hubby seen the mom in a picture and asked me yesterday if i am ready to get another pit)anyways is silver blue? Hubby was told Silver is like brown, so i'm confused, so if anyone knows or has pictures of a silver pit, can you please let me know as i'm curious of what it looks like.
Thanks

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posted 10-01-2003 02:04 PM         

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Here's my blue boy aka silver. Actually, I can't figure out how to share the pic
PBG

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posted 10-01-2003 02:43 PM         

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Thanks anyways....you can send me the pic at parrotlover_99@yahoo.com if you want.
i kinda thought Silver had to be in the blue family....lol

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posted 10-02-2003 04:32 PM         

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I saw a website with silver dogs before. I'll have to try and find it. They said its taken so much time and everything to create the "new" silver color and how special and rare it was. Think it was just a ploy to sell expensive, rare pups. It is DIFFERENT than BLUE. It does look brownish with a silver overcast, but its a little different than a blue fawn. The coat looks silky. Ok i found the link mobsterpits.com. You can see what silver looks like there. They sell their pups for $2500 & UP!! Which I would pay for a good dog, but I'm under the just breed for color. If you read the questions & answer section there excuse for no longer showing their dogs politics, which is something you have to deal with. I don't like it but I live with, you can't win all the time. Besides that their dogs are out of standard if they wre trying to show them in ADBA. Of course the "coyote" pit bull as they call them are going to place b/c they are in the ADBA standard.
Anyway check out the picture by clicking on the RARE Link.

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posted 10-02-2003 07:50 PM         

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The "silver" dogs one that site are created by breeding light pigmented blues to other light pigmented blues for several generations. The color gets so washed out that it takes on a "silvery" appearance. The problem is that these extremely diluted dogs have a plethora of skin (and often temperament) problems. I wouldn't be caught dead paying out for a dog from lines like that, but it's your money, and you can do what you want with it. Just be prepared to deal with any health problems that may crop up.

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