About Us

Our love for Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers began in 1995 when we began our search for the best family pet for our active household.  Since then, we have become involved in conformation, competitive obedience, agility, and some field training. Current interests include Toller genetics/health, and research on canine nutrition and vaccine related issues.  We believe that proper nutrition, physical and mental well being, and limiting stresses on the immune system (medications and over vaccination) help to ensure a long and healthy life for our family pets. As such, our puppies are all placed in active loving homes that will continue with a healthy diet to build a strong immune system and limit the amount of unnecessary vaccinations that the dog will receive during its lifetime.

At Torlan Tollers, we are breeding for the all round versatile Duck Toller. Our dogs are foremost family pets and loving companions and so we know the importance of a family pet that is healthy and happy. Even though we breed conformation champions, dogs titled in agility, field and obedience, our main concern remains focused on health and temperament.

As Tollers are a high energy dog, we look for homes that will be able to meet the needs of this breed through exercise, training and socialization. We carefully interview and choose the right homes for each of our puppies.

For that reason, litters that come from our kennel are carefully planned, cared for and socialized, in hopes of turning out Tollers that the Toller community can be proud of. Litters are occasional.

We are located on 15 acres, and the dogs share their domain with our active family which includes several cats and two horses. We do not have a kennel facility building, as all of our Tollers are family pets and live in the house with us.

All breeding stock is OFA hip certified, CERF, and PRA DNA blood test eye cleared, OFA heart checked and thyroid tested.

We remain available to all of our owners for the life of their dog, to provide assistance on any/all aspects of owning a Torlan Toller - diet, health care, behavioral/training problems.

Torlan Tollers Owners Group (TTOG) is our Yahoo chat group that is only for those people who own and love a Torlan Toller.  It is where owners can share stories, talk about training, health or behavioural issues, share photos and get to know other families that have one of our dogs.
This group is by invitation only. Torlan Tollers Owners Group Chat
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We are members in good standing with the following dog organizations:

The Canadian Kennel Club
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever Club of Canada
Calgary Associated Dog Fanciers (CADF)
Wild Rose Hunting Retriever Club