The past three weekends have been a lot of fun. Zeppe came home from training at Gamekeepers Retrievers. I am very happy to have her back. Mitch White came down on October 14th to run the Golden Retriever Club of Greater Saint Louis WC tests with some of his dogs, including Zeppe. He successfully handled [...]

It has been back to work this week after the holidays. I sure got spoiled being able to spend all day with the puppies. They are so fun to watch. It is easy to spend too much time with them and neglect the chores. Except the laundry, that is. The washing machine here has been [...]

I got my letters in the mail from Michigan State yesterday. I had blood drawn for both Harley and Zeppe to participate in the Thyroid study for Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers. I am very pleased to annouce that both passed with flying colors. All normal!

This weekend Harley and I entered the local Sullivan, MO shows for a little practice run to get ready for our National Specialty next week. It worked even better than I expected as Harley earned a Group 4th placement on Friday!

Harley & I went to a CGC/TDI evaluation today. I have been wanting to get him certified as a Therapy Dog. He actually passed his CGC test back in 2001, but the club wasn’t offering a “TDI only” version of the test. So, we went ahead and redid the CGC as well. He earned a [...]

Last weekend I attended the local obedience and rally trial hosted by the North St. Louis County Obedience club held at Queeny Park. It was a great weekend for Tollers over all. My friend Karen earned the final leg of her CD on Saturday with Lacey (CH Foxvale’s Blustery Day CD NAJ WC), qualifying [...]

Last weekend was a great weekend for Caliber Tollers. I rounded up the gang and we went up to Bloomington, IL for the shows over Memorial Day weekend. All three dogs were entered both days, and we came home with 6 ribbons, earning points or qualifying in each event. Can’t beat that!
Harley was entered [...]

Laura Smith has put together a great resource for Toller breeders with her Stud Dog Directory. The directory not only lists Toller males in the US and Canada but includes Australia or any other country. The listing shows photos, health clearances and a brief description of the dog’s temperament as written by the [...]

The Optigen results were received today and Harley is clear/normal for CEA. CEA is Collie Eye Anomaly, a simple autosomal recessive genetic eye disease that affects several herding breeds and the Toller. CEA has exisited in the Toller since the early days of breed creation but was only recently discovered as a “known” [...]

Major congratulations to Dee Nichols and Diane Basel for finishing Sport’s AKC CH last Friday in Perry, GA! Sport is Harley’s first offspring to obtain a Championship, and his litter-brother Jet is not very far away from being the second. Sport and Jet are by Harley out of Noel. I understand that [...]