Indigenous Ability

Let’s talk forgotten dog breeds, American Indian hunting tactics, pick-pocket strategy, the Ali Shuffle and then tie it up with a big pretty bow declaring these are all one of a kind. First, Dogs. You’ve herd of retrievers, setters, scent-hounds, herding dogs et cetera. Now, unless you are a major dog enthusiast, you may have not heard of a toller. About the only tolling dog officially recognized by organizations that love to recognize such things is the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever. They look like small Golden Labs. Gorgeous dogs. But just as with the words retriever or herder or setter, the word toller originally referred not to a specific breed but to a specific behavior. Then man, being man, bred for sought after behaviors to create stronger and stronger manifestations of the desired behavior in each generation that followed. We all know what retrievers do, they retrieve, herders herd, but what about tollers? Are they bred for patiently residing in tiny...