Dirt Dog

April 24, 2011: It's not just this Toller that has a love for dirt and water.....

Gracie

Tikko's Hardy Water Lily - Pepa

March 20, 2011: Pepa is visiting for a couple weeks while her family is in Europe and we are having SO much fun with her - she is a first class snuggle-pup and she has the coolest little personality. Oh, and smart as a whip!

Pikkinokka's Water Works & Tikko's Hardy Water Lily

Tired Pepa

And here are some pictures of our outdoor adventure yesterday:

Visiting Other Dogs

Pepa found a stick!

Such a beautiful puppy with such a vibrant personality :)

Last puppy post for a while...I promise!

March 12, 2011: I've had the privilege of following a litter of 5 Toller puppies from Kelowna B.C. since they were born on January 30th: 3 boys, 2 girls. I'm sure everybody knows by now that I am a HUGE fan of Pikkinokka's Seaside Tempest. The neat thing about this litter is that Tempest appears in these pup's lines!!! The pups are now 6 weeks old and ready to go to their new homes at the age of 8 weeks. For more information about these pups or availability of pups and upcoming litters, please email Carolyn Doyle of Jocar Duck Tolling Retrievers: jocar@shaw.ca (website: http://jocartollers.blogspot.com )

Sweet Little Girl!

The Other Sweet Little Girl

The 5 Little Darlings

Looking for a Toller?

March 4, 2011: Our 5 Gracie x Picasso puppies have all gone to their new homes. We have no immediate plans for another litter. I've met many wonderful people through this blog and through email. For those looking for a Toller to add to their family, please feel free to email me so I can pass your name along to fellow Toller friends and breeders: rls6118@gmail.com. If looking for a puppy specifically, a great resource for pups is the Nova Scotia Duck Toller Puppies blog: http://tollerpups.blogspot.com/ There are other resources available and I am more than happy to assist with your search. :)

Stevie @ Home

ALL of the pups and their owners are doing such great jobs. I already have brags about these puppies!!! Nothing but happy, content smiles from me this past week even though I miss the little tykes like crazy!

Now a little about Stevie. She has yet again exceeded my expectations with her training accomplishments at less than 10 weeks of age. A lot of credit goes to her owners of course. Stevie is the pup that disappeared at less than 1 week of age and we found her tightly curled up inside the cotton batting of the Ikea comforter at the very bottom of the whelping box. She's a very determined puppy.

Stevie at 8 Weeks

Stevie - this photo made me smile!

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Twins!

Full of cuteness or what!!! Katelyn & Kylie with Stevie & Ruby - the two pups with white socks. :)

Pepper @ Home

Pepper is being trained as a hunting dog. Between 8 and 16 weeks, her owners will be introducing her to bird feathers, scent, hunting dummies, etc., softening her bite, work on her retrieve ability and begin the training for basic obedience, hand signals and commands. They are a step ahead of me already and I look forward to learning a thing or two from them through this process.

Here's Pepper at home:

Pepper

Duck scented hunting dummy

Pepper lounging