Tidelands Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers

06/01/2026

After just five shows, our beautiful Birdie finishes 2025 as the #1 Toller for Victoria in the Dogzonline Show Dog of the Year Competition.

And little Cookie wins the Victorian Rising Star competition for dogs up to 18 months old. She recently picked up a lovely 8 point Best of Breed at the Dogs Victoria Summer Spectacular under Mrs Wendy Maisey (Canada 🇨🇦) and is now about halfway to her Championship.

24/10/2025

How is our baby Cookie one tomorrow?! She’s just the happiest, easiest, silliest little puppy 🍪🩷

We’ll be celebrating Cookie’s birthday at the Dog Lovers Festival on the Pat-A-Pooch stand both Saturday and Sunday.

Come and see us at the Melbourne Showgrounds between 1.30-2.30pm 🐾

10/10/2025

Very happy with these lovely critiques of the girls from Mr Paul Scanlon (Ireland) following their Best of Breed and Best Puppy of Breed wins at the Royal.

BEST OF BREED: "Lovely female, expressive head, correctly shaped foreface and muzzle. Excellent eye, well set ear and good skull. Well marked with a good front assembly and good topline, excellent tail set. Moves freely with a good profile. Congratulations."

BEST PUPPY: "Lovely typey puppy, female. Super head, beautiful expression, good front, good in neck and topline with great angulation behind. Nicely marked and moves so well for a youngster. Lovely picture overall, well done."

05/10/2025

Mummy and me 🥰

📷 thank you to Kellie Jayne Photography for this cute photo of the girls

02/10/2025

⭐ BEST OF BREED ⭐
Melbourne Royal 2025
Birdie ~ Ch. A2O Ch. Tollerprance Stillwater Brooke TK.S JC RN N.SPRD

So proud of my beautiful Birdie taking top honours under Gundog judge Mr Paul Scanlon (Ireland 🇮🇪). She is now a two-time Melbourne Royal BOB winner – her first at just 17 months and again yesterday at 3.5. She just gets better and better and is so consistent and reliable. Love my special Birdie girl ❤️

Not to be outdone, baby Cookie was Puppy of Breed and Reserve Challenge B*tch to Birdie at just her third champ show. I loved this little puppy from the day she was born and it’s so exciting to see the potential I saw in the whelping box maturing in front of me. Thank you to Simone Wilkie for expertly handling Cookie for the run-offs 🍪

Thank you to the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever Club of Victoria for sponsoring the sashes, and Jasmine Birt and LifeWise for our prizes.

We are excited to represent our beautiful breed in the group judging on Saturday.

13/09/2025

Come and see us at the Melbourne Royal Show on Wednesday 1 October.

There’s 12 Tollers entered and judging will be underway from about 10am. The Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever Club of Victoria will also have a breed stand with Tollers to meet and greet.

You can find us in pavillion 19 🐾

📷 Birdie enjoying the snow on the final day of winter ❄️

06/07/2025

Another Best Minor Puppy in Group for miss Cookie at today’s Dogs Victoria Open Show. Thank you to our judge Mr Jonathon Bam (Vic).

🍪 Tidelands Chips Ahoy 🍪
(Sol x Birdie)

21/06/2025

Looking more like her daddy everyday, 8 month old Cookie goes Best Minor Puppy in Group at the Dogs Victoria Open Show today under Mr Paul Nichols (who is fast becoming one of our favourite judges having awarded mum Birdie at our Specialty last month) ☺️

She’s still getting the hang of this showing business, but I received so many nice comments on her today from other exhibitors and judges. She even got pulled from the lineup for a run at Best in Group. Love my silly little puppy 🍪

28/05/2025

27/05/2025

The smallest of the AKC’s retrievers, the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever is intelligent, affectionate, and eager to please.

Why do you love the breed?

20/05/2025

We had the most amazing day with our beautiful Birdie at the Victorian Toller Specialty on Sunday. She was so happy to be back in the ring with her mummy 🥰

From an entry of 27 Tollers she was awarded:
🥇 Best Head
🥇 1st Open B***h
🥇 Best Open in Show
🥇 Challenge B***h (Best of Opposite S*x)
🥈 Runner-up to Best Exhibit in Show!

Thank you to the judges Mr Paul Nichols (Vic) and Mrs Erin Charnock (NSW) for awarding her, and to the committee and sponsors for a great show.

📷 Lorraine Mitchell Portraits

17/04/2025

Good morning from Madam Cookie in her favourite busybody viewing location 👀