Our family was captured by the toller bug in 2000. After reading everything I could get my hands on to do with tollers, visiting many dog shows, visiting with many toller owners at their homes and stalking various breeders for two years, Trio, was entrusted to us by Alison Strang of Westerlea Kennels in January 2003. Our little red ball of fluff earned titles at both ends and was known as Can CH Westerlea's Kasomor Trio CDX WCX SH.

Kasomor Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers is NOT a kennel.
We are a family who has become totally absorbed in everything toller!

Our tollers are fully integrated into the life of our family; they are house dogs who have full run of the house and go everywhere with us, including holidays.
That said, they work too... and are always ready to go!

I "retired" in 1990 to be a full time mom and never went back to work outside the home.  I wanted a performance dog, one who could do it all and I found that with Trio. While she was the family pet, she was my dog and my day revolved around her. Yes, my husband and children became very adept at fending for themselves while mom was out doing stuff with the dogs! 

In August 2007 we kept a female pup from Trio's third litter. Tikka was the newest addition to our household. We didn't introduced another toller into our family up to this point because I felt I could not do justice to all the dog sports I wanted to do with Trio if I had another dog at the same life stage as she was at. With almost 5 years between the two dogs I knew I could meet their individual needs.

Trio worked at obedience and field training while taking show-handling class with me too. Yes, we were doing those all at the same time! She earned her Championship, her Companion Dog, and her Working Certificate titles all before 16 months of age. She was awarded the Dobirstein Award in recognition of her versatility.

Tikka in followed in her mother's footsteps and more. Before her first birthday Tikka had earned her Championship, four Best Puppy in Groups, a Best Puppy in Specialty Show at the NSDTRCC B.C. Regional Specialty Show, and a Best Puppy In Show at an All Breed show. During that time she also earned her Junior Hunter and her Working Certificate titles.
MOTCH GCH Kasomor’s Wack ‘Em N Stack ‘Em SH WCX ROM was my once in a life time girl... and then her daughter Kimber, GMH OTCH CH Kasomor's Pop 'Em N Drop 'Em MH WCX RATN, entered the our lives in May 2014.

Currently, we have Kimber,  her niece Purdey, Kasomor's Quacker Wacker SH WCX RATO,  and pup, Rider, Redmoon's Tag 'Em N Bag 'Em At Kasomor in the pack.

Tollers are a very active breed, capable of excelling at a variety of dog sports, if time is devoted to their training. They can be destructive if their endless energy is not channeled into a positive activity. If you don't have the time or energy to devote to providing your toller with a lot of DAILY exercise...get a cat. A busy toller is a happy toller...and has a happy human too! 

We are fortunate enough to live in Chilliwack, an hour drive from Vancouver, which is a dairy farming based community in the Fraser Valley. We live three minutes from the Vedder River to the south and fifteen minutes from the Fraser River to the north. Cultus Lake is within a ten minute drive also. Mountain hiking trails abound. It's simply a toller paradise. Swimming holes, and sites for field training abound. Which is great since this is how I want to spend time with my dogs.

My main efforts go towards field training and competitive obedience.

                                     Happy training in what ever sport you choose to do with your toller!

                                                       
                                                                Linda, Kimber, Purdey and Rider