TOLLERON
Dogs NSW Registered Breeders of Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers.
We would love to introduce you to the NSDTR or “Toller” as they are better known. Tollers are still a fairly rare breed within Australia, although they are hugely popular as a breed due to their wonderful natures and versatile abilities, their low maintenance coats & their great medium size, Tollers are roughly the same size as Boarder Collies & Aussie Shepard's.
Our names are Tina & David between us we are the Tolleron NSDTR Kennel. David & I are passionate about breeding the best Tollers possible & our dogs are our life! David is currently Chief Agility instructor at Port Macquarie Kennel & obedience dog club & has achieved master level success within Agility, Titling many dogs to National Championship & Masters level Agility and also runs Agility seminars and training weekends for various clubs & groups. I (Tina) am also Chief Obedience Instructor & currently run the Beginners Obedience training program at the PMQ Dog club, am also a qualified dog bahaviouralist and have titled our Tollers in Breed show, Obedience, Agility & also Rally O so between us we have a wealth of knowledge about many aspects of dog breeding, training & behaviour & utalise all this knowledge in raising great Toller puppies!
We are dedicated & committed to producing Toller puppies to the very highest standards possible & our mission is to produce Tollers not only that are exceptionally well bred & have great natures, but also Tollers that will be a joy to have as part of your family & that you will be proud to own.
We ensure this by extensively breed DNA health testing and Hip and Elbow scoring our Tollers. We also invest a lot of time & energy in raising all our litters with the the “Puppy Culture” puppy raising program which is similar to the one used by the Guide Dog Association and is designed to produce puppies that love people and who are a pleasure to own, who are super smart & love to learn & train, are well balanced, confident & self assured little individuals.
We currently have 6 Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers. 5 girls & 1 boy.
Our USA imported stud boy: Champion Stargazers Red Hot Chilli Pepper “Trapper”. Has an exceptionally beautiful, happy & compliant nature & is passing his wonderful nature onto all his puppies. Our girls are: RN.JD. AAD Tolleron Tiramisu “Tira” who is super smart, affectionate & funny & also the mother of all our younger girls: Our little fire cracker JADE, KARLY who is currently in training as an Agility dog, HONEY who already has her RN Obedience Title & ELLA who is a MAD retriever. All our girls have lovely sweet natures, all love to train & learn & all typically love water & retrieving!
ABOUT TOLLERS:
Bred to assist Duck & other Game bird hunters by attracting & luring the birds to shore by first frolicking on the shore line enticing birds to come within easy range & then retrieve the Game in or out of the water to the Hunter. They are medium in size, have a low maintenance water resistant coat that only requires a quick brush through about once a or twice a week and adjust well to multi species pet households. They also are one of the most appealing looking dog breeds around (Not that we are in any way biased here at Tolleron!) & we are in no doubt that its that big infectious Toller grin that has a lot to do with their appeal!
The Toller has a great sense of humour and fun and they are smart as a whip. They are super sensitive to their owners feelings & moods & wear their hearts on their sleeves (Or Paws), you are rarely in doubt about how they are feeling in the moment. They are a VERY active HIGH energy breed so be warned! But also love to just chill with you & hang out on the couch. They do need a lot of exercise particularly when they are young & if they don’t get it they can become naughty & destructive by inventing their own games that can involve the destruction of the things you love if they are given no other outlet to channel all that energy.
They love to be involved in any activity that engages either their minds or bodies. They are an extremely agile, intelligent breed that enjoys being active, whether it is chasing a ball in the back yard (Most Tollers just live to retrieve) or being involved in any dog related activities. Tollers are easy to train, they love to swim, compete or preform and have excelled in most of the dog related disciplines i.e. Obedience and Agility trials, fly ball and Frisbee comps as well as making outstanding dancing with dog’s competitors and trick training dogs too. In fact there really is not much that a Toller would not be willing to do for you as long you are willing to take the time to teach them, they are very fast learners but do get bored easily with a lot of repetitive training. They do respond exceptionally well to positive reinforcement training methods.
You absolutely do need to be willing to invest time & energy into Obedience training this breed & enrolling in a puppy pre-school course with your new Toller puppy at the very least along with investigating positive training methods before you purchase a puppy is a necessity. In fact you will find the more training you do with them by engaging both their brains & bodies the better behaved they will be. Keep training sessions short & fun for them & you will end up with dog that loves to listen to you & to do what you ask it to.
Although they can sometimes be reserved with strangers or new experiences, making sure that you expose your puppy to a regular variety of people, experiences & places in their first year of life with lots of safe positive socialisation opportunities while they are still a puppy & young adult will ensure your Toller grows up to be a happy well adjusted, confident dog. Continuing lots of exposure to different people, places & other dogs after you take your new Toller puppy home is essential to their mental & physical well being.
They are a very loving family orientated breed that if raised around or get lots of exposure to children of all ages, make great kids companions as they tend to be gentle, loving & fun but they do require attention so don’t consider adopting a Toller if you don’t feel that you would have the time and energy to interact with them closely on a daily basis. If you are looking for a dog that is super smart, has a great sense of humor, is in tune with your feelings, that loves to train & be active, that is beautiful, athletic & is a great family dog with very few health issues then this may be the breed for you!
