Established in 2014, the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever Club of Victoria Inc. is open to anyone with an interest in Tollers.
The Club provides a space for members to receive access to valuable breed specific information and resources and to share their love of Tollers with a likeminded community.
Our committee
In November 2024 the committee and office bearers for 2024/25 were elected as follows:
President: Anne Blainey
Vice President: Miro Strmecki
Treasurer: Joy Allen
Secretary: Laura Van Dinther
General committee: Sandra Goldsmith, Raylene Laver, Amy McDougall, Rudi Pavani, Sharon Seivers, Natasha Sleep, Miro Strmecki, Claire Wade
Website: Dimity Gunn
Please see here for a message from incoming President, Anne Blainey, regarding the 2025 Championship Show and Trials.
About us
In 2014, a small group of Victorian Toller enthusiasts came together and formed the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever Club of Victoria Inc. The Club was founded by Joy Allen, John Chapman, Glenda Forster, Derek Fowler Wilde, Janice Fowler Wilde, Fiona Hodson, Keith Hodson, Peter Holdsworth, Raylene Laver and Claire Wade. We are especially grateful to Raylene who was the driving force behind establishing the Club - without her, we wouldn’t be where we are today.
We are an Affiliate Club of Dogs Victoria and the only official Toller club in Australia.
You can read more about the Club’s objectives below.
Club objectives
a) To foster the wellbeing of the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever (NSDTR) breed; and to encourage participation, promotion, responsible pet ownership and responsible breeding of the NSDTR.
b) To organise and conduct events for members and non-members, including fun days, outings, open and championship shows, trials, dog sport competitions and other club events; to take part in and promote the NSDTR to the general public at public events; and to provide members and non-members with opportunities to meet, learn and socialise at NSDTR based activities.
c) To promote the showing and trialling of the NSDTR; to encourage members and non-members to participate in such events competitively and with good sportsmanship; and to further educate members, non-members, breeders, exhibitors and judges of the NSDTR breed standard as approved by the Australian National Kennel Council; and
d) To encourage members and non-members to follow ethical breeding guidelines and to use validated health testing in breeding decision making; and to provide support to breeders to ensure hereditary diseases and avoidable health problems are reduced/eliminated to improve the overall health of the NSDTR breed.
