Thanks everyone!
Maya & Inka's mom, mine are actually Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers, but thank you.
As a breed, some are very prey driven toward cats, and some couldn't care less. How they behave toward cats is mostly determined by how they were brought up with them. Dance is absolutely terrified of them (too many bad experiences with grouchy farm cats as a pup), and I don't know what Spring's like with them. That said, I know of many Tollers who live with cats and they're all great. As with any dog though, I'd probably not leave a toller unsupervised with a cat.Originally Posted by DJFyrewolf36
Sort of in looks I guess, but they aren't really like either a Golden or a Border Collie. They're not people pleasers... they're very much a "what's in it for me?" breed. Dance, when she was a puppy, lived to please me. Not so much anymore, though. As she's matured she's become very headstrong and a rather difficult dog to live with at times (but I like it that way - most people probably wouldn't). She's been pushing her boundaries a lot lately, to the point of growling at me the other night when I made her do something she didn't want to do. That was my fault though, for slacking on NILIF too much these last couple weeks. They're a breed you definitely need to be one step ahead of, and can't slack on the rules with. Aside from that, yes, they're very alert, and very energetic dogs who require at least an hour of exercise a day. They're an intelligent breed and relatively easy to train once you've figured out what their motivator is, too. Not personality/temperament related, but most don't realize how little a Toller is. They're the smallest of all retrievers, and males weigh about 50lbs at most, with females being quite a bit smaller (the standard for females is 37-43lbs, but I haven't met many who were over 35lbs). Females are 17-19" tall, and males are 19-21".
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