Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever
The ‘Toller’ is a medium sized retriever with a thick, water repellant coat, soft undercoat, and webbed feet. Ranging from a light orange to a deep red and moderately feathered around the ears, chest, and backs of legs. The Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever features a magnificent waving tail, usually with a white tip, and may have white markings on the feet and face. This is a bright, alert and active little retriever, full of fun but capable of working hard all day.
Personality
The Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever loves the great outdoors and is ideally suited to the active, country-dwelling family. They respond well to training and can excel in the dog sports of fly all, agility, obedience along with many others. The Toller is a playful energetic companion who is a joy to be around.
Did You Know?
The term ‘toll’ means ‘to entice’ and this is where the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever gets their name - Their job is to lure in ducks with their waving white tipped tail, so that hunters can get their shot. Then, fulfilling the second part of their name, the Toller finds and retrieves the shot birds to the hunter.