Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever Puppy

This sporting breed needs a job to keep them busy and happy.

Nova scotia duck tolling retriever puppy. Play fetch with a toller till your arm falls off then start throwing with the other good with children. Saltydog kennels home of the nova scotia duck tolling retriever. The nova scotia duck tolling retriever is a medium sized gundog bred primarily for hunting. To the casual eye the nova scotia duck tolling retriever looks somewhat like a golden retriever but with a more copper colored coat and white markings.

Use the search tool below and browse adoptable nova scotia duck tolling retrievers. Tollers are the smallest and most versatile of the retriever breeds. The nova scotia duck tolling retriever also known as the yarmouth toller little river duck dog or little red duck dog originated in yarmouth county nova scotia southeast canada. Play fetch with a tireless toller until your right arm falls off and.

Tollers are known to be intelligent easy to please alert and high energy dogs. Distinctive for their lustrous red coat and moderate size the toller is fast becoming the world s number one retriever. The smallest of the akc s retrievers the nova scotia duck tolling retriever is intelligent affectionate and eager to please. Originally known as the little river duck dog or the yarmouth toller the breed later became known as the nova scotia duck tolling retriever.

Energetic and extremely clever are a couple of common terms to describe these little red dogs. But in temperament these breeds are very different. As affectionate and eager to please as any good retriever energy level. The nova scotia duck tolling retriever dog is assumed to be the product of a cross breeding between the red european decoy dog and farm collies setters retriever dogs or spaniels.

The nova scotia duck tolling retriever was developed in yarmouth county at the southern tip of nova scotia in the early nineteenth century. Nova scotia duck tolling retrievers have been a part of our lives for over two decades both as hunting dogs and members of our family. It is the smallest of the retrievers and is often mistaken for a small golden retriever. Originally bred in yarmouth county which is located at the southern tip of nova scotia it was officially recognized by the canadian kennel club in 1915.

It is often referred to as a toller. Compared to golden retrievers most tollers are less submissive less outgoing with strangers and less adaptable to a low exercise household.