Blue Ridge Tollers

26/07/2024

A friend is expecting pups
If serious send me a message

18/01/2024

16/01/2024

Few pups are available
Send me gmail

15/12/2023

We have pups just born
Email me

27/11/2023

Rain our other girl with Lindy

27/11/2023

Breeze one of our girls

27/11/2023

Chase our male

30/10/2023

TBT all the way back to 1910 :)

30/10/2023

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27/10/2023

Check out our page on Good Dog! We have more information about us, our goals with our program, litter announcements, and applications in one convenient location. I still encourage you to follow my page to keep up with what all the little redheads are doing in their everyday life 💚

https://www.gooddog.com/breeders/riversong-tollers-illinois

03/07/2023

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....

01/07/2023

Hi, my name is Peter and I’m raising funds for a place to live/own in Shipman, Virginia I will have a… Peter Callegary needs your support for Home of my own

11/06/2023

My WiFi is unreliable Answer tomorrow I hope

11/06/2023

My WiFi is very spotty so I may have to respond tomorrow

27/05/2023

Well it’s been a long time coming Kurt Lavigne, 8 years to be exact but you've done it!
I would like to introduce my friend of many years and associate fellow breeder of CKC Registered Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers, Kurt Lavigne of New Brunswick, Canada.
Kurt's dog Skye and sire of this first milestone litter between ScotiaPrides Restigouche Red Skye-CKC Working Certificate, and GCH Blue Ridge LR Overton Willow For Duckshore came from our first litter between NovaPrides Foxy Scarlett from Emerson Smith and from Jim Jefferies CH Littlerivers Radko Jana Jeffery
Willow came from Gwen Kinney-Casale of Blue Ridge Kennel in VA.
Kurt discussed breeding over the years with Jim and I wish Jim was here see another full circle complete.⭕️
As for his kennel name, I discussed Kurts idea with Emersons widow Anna Smith of continuing the Nova Pride line and she gave her permission. I'm sure Emerson would be proud.⭕️
So I would like to officially introduse NovaPride II Kennel and wish you all the best in the future.
Kurt is currently taking applications for (prefered performance) homes for future pups and can be reached at [email protected]
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27/05/2023

30/11/2022

Good job Moose! 🐾🐾

21/11/2022

Nomo-what? Nomographs. We explain one of the most practical applications of antibody titer tests. https://hemopet.org/nomographs-guide-individualized-vaccination-schedules-for-puppies/

16/10/2022

10/10/2022

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22/08/2022

At a recent dog show, an owner with a dog showing approached me after one of our class dogs; a 13-month-old female had been awarded a Best Of Breed.

The owner of the dog couldn’t understand why her dog was not winning its class and yet this 13-month youngster had just taken a Best Of Breed over champions.

Looking at her dog, I did my best to explain one of the things that seemed the most obvious with her dog.

I told her the following: Her dog’s Front End Assembly was very much off from the dictums of the breed standard. The shoulders were very straight and not at the desired 45-degree layback.

The withers were not over the elbows; instead, they were two inches forward towards the neck. The upper arms were much shorter than the shoulder blades, where ideally they should be equal in length.

When moving, the front reach was short and choppy, with the straight shoulders; the dog’s head would drop below the withers when in movement.

She kept looking at the Best Of Breed winner I was holding trying to compare and see what it was I was describing. I don’t think she could visualize what it was I had just gone over.

So, in case others have had a hard time with the correct front-end assembly, this Bud’s For You.

Front End Assembly.

Let’s establish some points from the photo.

A) Point Of Shoulder (where the shoulder blades form the fore chest)

B) Withers (where the shoulder blades meet at the top most position on the back)

C) Elbows (the medial line of the elbow)

D) Ground forming a perpendicular vertical line with the withers

E) Midpoint of the height of the dog

Using the photograph with the highlighted areas and designated attributes, let's read the breed standard. The exact wording of the Labrador breed standard will be encased by double hashtags # #.

Point A is a 90 Degrees formed by the shoulder blade meets the upper arm.
# # Shoulders-The shoulders are well laid-back, long, and sloping, forming an angle with the upper arm of approx 90 degrees # #

A-B is the shoulder blade and A-C is the upper arm.
# # The length of the shoulder blade should equal the length of the upper arm # #

Line B-C-D, where B is the withers, C is the elbows and D is the ground.
# # Viewed from the side, the elbows should be directly under the withers, and the front legs should be perpendicular to the ground and well under the body # #

Line E is half the height of the dog at the medial line of the elbow.
# # Distance from the elbow to the ground should be equal to one-half of the height at the withers

12/08/2022

And that’s a WRAP on 2 jobs in 3 days! 🎬🤩

I am SO proud of this little girl. She hasn’t ever done scenes or things like the behaviors she needed to do this past week and she knocked it out of the park.

My whiskey girl is such a ray of sunshine and I love being able to work with her and have these experiences together!

Thank you to Dognerd - Animal Talent, Casting & Training for sending us on this job and trusting us with this opportunity!
And shoutout to Bone-A-Fied Talent Group for the connection 🧡🤩

07/08/2022

Hot & Muggy & Muggy & Hot
= Pool time 💦