The Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever Club of Canada is the official voice of Tollers in Canada. http://www.toller.ca
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The Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever Club of Canada is the official voice of Tollers in Canada and is run entirely by volunteers from all across Canada. Established in 1974, the club was formed to promote and educate about the breed and we celebrated 60 years of recognition with the Canadian Kennel Club in 2005. The Toller was recognized as a pure breed by the Canadian Kennel Club in 1945. The b
reed also enjoys the status of being the official dog of Nova Scotia, the province of its origin. The Toller is the first breed of dog to be recognized this way in Canada. The Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever (Toller) is one of five recognized Canadian breeds of purebred dogs. The others are Newfoundland, Labrador Retriever, Canadian Eskimo Dog and the now extinct Tahltan Bear Dog.
We would like to Congratulate Remi and her family Aaron and Jennifer on their CKC Pending National Master Hunter Title. “Remi got better every pass” says her owner/handler. Absolutely inspiring team. “ Aaron and Jennifer have done an outstanding job with Remi” said their breeder. Remi is Bred by Steve and Shelley Hutt of SaltyDog Kennels in Ardoise Nova Scotia. Remi was the only Nova Scotia Duck Toller entered in this year’s event.
Congratulations to club member Christine Jones and Luca ”Roaneden’s Shorelander” of London, Ontario on winning Select Male at the prestigious Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on Tuesday. Luca is breeder-owner-handled by Christine Jones. Attendance at Westminster is by invitation only and there were 16 Specials competing with ten males. “So incredibly proud of this dog,” said Christine in a Facebook post. “He showed flawlessly and is the essence of the breed type. I could not have asked for more from Luca. Thank you to Judge Shawn Nichols.”
ALISON STRANG VERSATILITY CHALLENGE AWARD
**REMINDER** If any club members are planning on applying for the Alison Strang Versatility Challenge. All CKC Certificates are due April 30, 2024. The qualifying period was from Jan 1, 2022- Jan 1, 2024.
Please send submissions to:
Isabelle Southcott
[email protected]
Rules for this award can be found at the following link
Awards & Scholarships
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever Club of Canada is hosting an agility sanction match on March 10, 2024 from 1:00-2:00PM at Red Barn Event Centre in Barrie, Ontario
Everyone welcome- come support the club and help us to renew our eligibilty to host agility. This was a CKC event. https://redbarneventcentre.dogbizpro.com/public/registration/events.aspx?event=14004
The Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever Club of Canada hosted its very first Scent Detection Match on December 9 at Floorscapes in Calgary. Congratulations to all the participants and a huge thank you to Elaine MacDonald, Prairie Regional Director, and Nicola Roe for organizing the match. Judge Colleen Herring set fun, yet challenging hides and everyone went home with the best dog and a few ribbons.
For those of you who have not had the opportunity to see our club’s trophies, here they are. Barbara Blauvelt, right, from Yarmouth and I (Isabelle Southcott from BC) visited the Yarmouth Museum to see our lovely display last week and read the names of the special Tollers that have won these trophies in days gone by.
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Following us? Own a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever? Live outside of Canada? We have recently accepted applications from down under in Australia and will accept applications From Toller Families worldwide.
Yesterday I visited the Yarmouth Museum to get some information on our club’s trophies in advance of the National Specialty, which will be held in July in BC, next year. Museum Curator Nadine Gates showed me and Barbara Blauvelt around the museum and we photographed all the trophies and visited the archives where some very early NSDTR breeding records, photos, and important early Toller information is stored. It was a fascinating visit and helped me realize just how deep the link between the history of Yarmouth is with the Toller itself. People here still call them Little Rivers, like Nadine at the museum. Although we show them, hunt them, do field trials and hunt tests, dog sports and obedience with them, and of course love them as special family members, these dogs were developed to put food on the table so hunters could feed their families. If you ever have the chance to visit the museum consider booking a time to look at some of the historical records in the archive. The more I learn about these dogs the more in awe I am of the people who worked so hard to create the foundation of what we have today. It is an honour to learn about the history of the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever.
Kitson family, members of The Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever Club of Great UK visiting Tollermania
NSDTR Club of Canada’s Atlantic Director Kurt Lavigne from New Brunswick and the club’s Vice President Isabelle Southcott from British Columbia are at Tollermania in New Germany, Nova Scotia this weekend. Pop by our set up and say hello! We love to talk Toller😃
To all those Travelling East to New Germany Nova Scotia, home of The Diesel Dog Ranch and Tollermania 2 we wish you safe travels, good times and great memories. To Dan and Melisa, thanks for having us, see you in a couple of hours.
Kurt, Natalie and Holly.
Just a few more days til the BC Regional Specialty hosted by the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever Club of Canada. The event begins on Thursday, July 13 with Obedience Trials. Also WC/WCI and WCX on Saturday and Conformation on Sunday. Good luck to all the competitors and their wonderful dogs!
Happy Canada Day! On this day let's honour Tollers as they are one of only four existing breeds recognized by the Canadian Kennel Club (Newfoundlands, Labrador Retriever and the Canadian Inuit Dog are the others). Extinct are the Tahltan Bear Dog and Salish Wool Dog, both of which serve as an important reminder as to why it is vitally important to preserve our purebred dogs. Here's a super video about our favourite breed by the Canadian Kennel Club.
The Canadian Kennel Club is thrilled to announce the release of our new YouTube series hosted by CKC member Ian Lynch and produced by CKC member Mariah Lara....
B.C. REGIONAL SPECIALTY. July 13 – 16, 2023
Hosted by the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever Club of Canada.
Location: Saanich and Crofton, Vancouver Island, BC.
Events:
Obedience Trial – Thursday, July 13 Location: Saanich, BC NSDTRCC
Conformation – Sunday, July 16 Location: Saanich, BC NSDTRCC
https://www.canuckdogs.com/index.php?PageKey=4e37119e-77bf-102d-a31e-4ebaba77265a&ShowKey=25c0c179-79ac-11ed-aa95-0050569873b0&RegionKey=e4c30234-0b66-11df-b8b7-8ac0277f09ae&GoogleLocation=,V8M%201S8
WC/WCI/WCX – Saturday, July 15 Location: Crofton, BC. Hosted by the Flat Coated Retriever Society of Canada
There will be ample opportunity for additional Conformation points with the Associated Events that will be held at the same location.
Vancouver Island Dog Fanciers
All Breed Show
July 12 – 13, 2023
Vic City Kennel Club
All Breed Show
July 14 – 16
Please come join us for some fun with our Tollers on beautiful Vancouver Island!
The Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever Club of Canada will be hosting a Conformation Booster on Sat JULY 23, 2022 in conjunction with the Sporting Dog Club of BC specialty. Location is the Thunderbird Equestrian Park in Langley BC.
NSDTR Club of Canada is offering a booster for NSDTR on Saturday, July 23rd, 2022, under judge William Alexander. Prizes and/or rosettes offered for BOB, BOS, BOW, BP, Select M/F, BBP, BV, BFD.
There are also lots of opportunities for more points as the Pacific Kennel Club will be running 4 All breed shows from July 20-23 and the Sporting Dog Club of BC will be hosting 2 Specialty shows on July 23 and July 24 for all Sporting Breeds.
Premium List for Sporting Dog Club of BC
https://www.canuckdogs.com/upload/DogShowDocs/fdd2f2c6-e045-11ec-bbae-0050569873b0.pdf
Premium List for Pacific Kennel Club
https://www.canuckdogs.com/upload/DogShowDocs/ae95863a-e0de-11ec-93f0-0050569873b0.pdf
Edited for date change. See the comments for a link to the premium.
The Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever Club of Canada will be hosting a Conformation Booster on Sunday, September 18, 2022 in cooperation with the CHARLOTTE COUNTY KENNEL CLUB.
This show will be part of a cluster of 10 shows at Cross Creek, New Brunswick.
September 16, 17, 18 - Charlotte County Kennel Club
September 19, 20 - Oromocto Kennel Club
September 21, 22 - Fredericton Kennel Club
September 23, 24, 25 - Miramichi Kennel Club
We will have beautiful ribbons for Best of breed, Best of Opposite, Best of Winners. Best Puppy, Select Dog and Select Bitch. What a great way to earn some points while experiencing Maritime hospitality!
For more information contact Susan McDonough [email protected]
****IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR NSDTR CLUB OF CANADA MEMBERS****
Could all club members please check your personal email accounts for an urgent message from the Club regarding the Alison Strang Versatility Challenge Award. Thank you.
A Working Certificate (WC/I/X) test will be held in Maxville, ON on Saturday August 28.
Limit: 30 dogs. Entries through dogshow.ca starting 7pm on Aug 5th.
Details here: https://dogshow.ca/en/Events/2950/Nova-Scotia-Duck-Tolling-Retriever-Club-of-Canada-%5BWORKING-CERT%5D
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