Pikkinokka Kennels

08/01/2025

Toller puppies had their first meal of raw ground chicken backs (with bone) and ate it all up! The littlest one, Purple Girl (who is deep red and looks like a teeny Golden Retriever, I swear!) was first in and last to leave! Dessert was a visit to the milk bar. Thank goodness Checkers helped with clean-up.

08/01/2025

Three week old Toller puppies are tumbling out of the whelping box so they are ready for enrichment. A cuddly bed pad, vinyl floor which is slippery (but so easy to clean), a play cube, a wobble board (which they were all over right off!) a fabric p*e pad and a litterbox with pine pellets. They explored it end-to-end and the sawdust already in the litterbox tells me they used it too. Good puppies!

02/01/2025

31/12/2024

It was photo day for Toller puppies born Dec 15, 2024 (Lync X Checkers): 3 girls and 6 boys.

31/12/2024

This is so true. Remember to give both your puppy and yourself regular breaks with puppy time in the crate. It teaches puppy calm time and regular and consistent time away from you. Learning to be confined and apart is a skill. Dogs don't have "separation anxiety", they just have never been taught to be alone.

30/12/2024

Toller puppies are 2 weeks old. Time for cutting nails and first deworming. Good time to see how each puppy responds to being held whether they fuss or not, we just wait for them to calm down. Then pups had time to move around on the linoleum to check out the big pen. Overall beautiful, healthy puppies! Good girl "Checkers" and proud of daddy, "Lync" -- his first litter and they are doing so well!

26/12/2024

It's been so busy, I finally have some pix to share news of our new Toller litter! Nine puppies -- 3 girls and 6 boys -- from Checkers and Lync. These are Lync's first puppies so our first generation outcross to the Wallace-Babine retrieving line. Mom and pups are doing great! It's been a long time since I've had black noses.

25/12/2024

Merry Christmas to our many friends who love dogs. Here are some Pikkinokka pups who are celebrating with their families. Happy Holidays to all! Please share your photos of your furry families with us.

01/12/2024

Sharing this beautiful photo of "Avi" (lime green girl), our last puppy from Jett and Tank, so loved by her new owners on Vancouver Island.

21/10/2024

Toller enthusiasts, we are watching two exciting girl puppies from the Tank X Jett litter. Pick girl is staying to run on for a show/breeding placement, and the 2nd girl has excellent structure with performance potential. Hoping she will be just the right pick for a competitive trainer. She is confident and attentive, very motivated to learn.
From champion, performance-titled, health and DNA-tested parents:
https://nsdtr.breedarchive.com/animal/view/avatars-flying-tank-commander-6d93ab09-0a0d-4bce-b774-8dda954e43d1
https://nsdtr.breedarchive.com/animal/view/pikkinokkas-avatar-jet-stream-96fcb732-6fa4-4312-b0c1-e5ec9eba4cc9
Inquiries: [email protected]

17/10/2024

Important news for Toller Health. The Toller is so blessed to be a breed with so much health-related research and support. Another important DNA test is on the horizon. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1090023323000813?fbclid=IwY2xjawF-OtFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHRzhA0gISpdl7O7iL_IMd-leSE6M3SNw1h5CThhqbkvrwbNbI7_RiPAnsw_aem_0GaGXXgW2u1Y2sLmFLdhtg

Steroid-responsive meningitis-arteritis (SRMA) occurs as an immune-mediated, inflammatory, and non-infectious disorder of juvenile and young-adult dog…

08/10/2024

Gorgeous Toller puppies from Grand Champion "Jett" bred to Am/Can CH "Tank" -- both parents OFA and DNA- health-tested. This litter is co-bred and being raised by Jackie House. We are super happy with temperaments and the structure and type of these little dynamos! We start structure evaluations at 6 weeks followed by a vet check on October 22nd.

https://nsdtr.breedarchive.com/animal/view/pikkinokkas-avatar-jet-stream-96fcb732-6fa4-4312-b0c1-e5ec9eba4cc9

https://nsdtr.breedarchive.com/animal/view/avatars-flying-tank-commander-6d93ab09-0a0d-4bce-b774-8dda954e43d1

Inquiries at [email protected]

08/09/2024

22/05/2024

Six beautiful Toller babies from Checkers and Tank arrived on May 14: 4 girls and 2 boys. Daddy is "Tank", Am/Can CH Avatar's Flying Tank Commander.

24/03/2024

04/01/2024

This dog was bred to hunt in a very special way. Their color and movement catches the curiosity of ducks, which move in for a closer look. The birds are enticed into gunshot range, where the duck’s goose is cooked. This breed then retrieves the downed game.

Artwork:
Tollers
Chet Jezierski
Drawing
20th C