EAST WEST Duck Tollers

10/31/2026

WAITING: Decoy, and pretty much every other duck toller I've ever met, are always waiting for their people. It might be to throw a bumper or a ball, to take them for a walk, to take them for a drive, to give them a treat or feed them supper but Tollers are always ready and waiting for you!

10/29/2026

Well Decoy performed for the Canada Geese today! What a gorgeous day for swimming. I would not have thought that it would be so warm in October but here we are enjoying every last minute of sunshine and warm weather against a brilliant autumn backdrop of orange, red and gold. Thank you God for this day.

10/28/2026

10/27/2026

What do you do on a gorgeous October day that feels more like summer than fall? Go to the beach where we can run free and frolick in the ocean said Decoy and Zunga! So of course the boys got their way and we did just that.

10/23/2026

Decoy with breeder Barbara Blauvelt and I in front of the famous Toller sign at Little River where the Toller originated. He was eight weeks old here and Barb had just told me an hour or so earlier that Decoy could go home to British Columbia with me and that we would be co owners of this puppy. Today he is #2 Toller in Canada and is a happy, healthy ambassador of our breed and of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Take a read of Barb’s story below to see how it transpired over what was supposed to be a visit and a lunch date at Honeybees Restaurant in Yarmouth! It probably didn’t hurt that I bought Decoy’s auntie GCH Scotiapride’s Acadian Jig, CGN, DM, RA, NS, VA from her four years earlier❤️ and she knew that I’d take good care of this puppy!
So grateful that the Toller Gods blessed us with Decoy and for all the people who have come into my life because of him.

Duck season is open here in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia!

And if it weren’t for Isabelle Southcott, our boy Decoy would probably be out in a duck blind right now, living his best life, waiting for the word because my original plan was to keep Decoy here and my country-mile neighbour, Scott Nickerson, Avery Nickerson Harbour Lights cousin, was going to hunt with him. But fate had other plans for our boy….

Isabelle was in Nova Scotia house hunting, so we met for lunch here in Yarmouth. She had just met 8 wk old Decoy at my house, and as we sat talking, she looked at me and said, “Barb, he’s a really nice pup. Why don’t you let me take him back to BC, work with him, and see how he develops?”

Well, I thought to myself, Scott isn’t going to want to hear this but Decoy was a Wallace Babine Project puppy, and I felt I owed it to the project to give him the opportunity to develop to his full potential. So I said, “Well If you’re willing to do that for me, we will co-own him, and I will register him as ScotiaPride’s EastWest Decoy.”

And so, as Isabelle likes to tell it, she flew to Nova Scotia house hunting, went out for lunch with a friend, and flew home to BC with a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever sweatshirt AND a Toller puppy!

Who could have imagined that one lunch date between two friends would change the course of Decoy’s life? But fate has a way of stepping in and taking us somewhere we never expected to go….

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Love you Iz XO
Isabelle Southcott

10/23/2026

Our boy Decoy❤️

10/14/2026

Decoy proudly represents Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, the original home of the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever.

10/13/2026

Nice day for a swim says Decoy🐾😎

10/12/2026

Thank you Judge Lois Wilson for awarding Decoy a group second in a very competitive sporting group lineup this weekend! Scotiapride’s Eastwest Decoy is bred by Barbara Blauvelt of Scotiapride Tollers in Yarmouth, NS home of the NS Duck Tolling Retriever and part of the Wallace Babine Project to preserve the historical Toller lines of Eddie Babine. Decoy is co owned by me and Barbara and is #2 Toller in Canada and #1 Toller in my ❤️🐾.Love this boy to the moon and back. Now we are off to the lake to see if there are still any Canada Geese to toll and have a Thanksgiving Day swim! So thankful for family, friends, dogs, good health and that we live in Nova Scotia where God has blessed us with the most beautiful autumn colours in the world❤️

10/11/2026

Thankful for so many lovely people in my life and so grateful to everyone who has helped and encouraged Decoy and I on our journey. Thank you Judge Lois Wilson for finding Decoy yesterday in a very competitive lineup of top sporting dogs and awarding him a group two. And to Judge Alejandro Rojas Sanchez for your kind words and the lovely Group four today. 🙏Thank you. Happy Thanksgiving to all my dog show pals and the wonderful volunteers and judges and competitors at the Cobequid Dog Show.
Scotiapride’s Eastwest Decoy, #2 Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever in Canada #1 Toller in my heart❤️🐾🥰