15 Amazing Facts About Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers You Probably Never Knew

The Nova Scotia Retriever is the ideal gun dog: energetic, active, determined, and highly intelligent. But her talents go far beyond hunting.

In the 19th century, hunters in England and Canada began to develop dogs who’d go into the water to bring back downed birds.

These retrievers, as they were called, bore the names of the places where they were developed, such as Labrador and the Chesapeake Bay.

For years, the Little River Duck Dog was known only in the area where he was developed.