Doug Coldwell

Douglas Wayne Coldwell will turn 67 in October of 2009. He lives on a glorious twenty acre site in Blomidon, Nova Scotia, with his wife Dawn Elizabeth Hennigar-Coldwell and two of his many Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers that he and his wife have bred for the last forty years. They are the proud co-owners with Doug's sister Deanna and her husband James Jeffery of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, of the Littleriver Breedline, the oldest extant breedline of Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers in the world, which Doug & Jim founded in 1969. Doug taught school in Kings County, Nova Scotia for twenty-nine years. He retired in 1996 but cannot find enough hours each day for his many interests. Doug and Dawn have four children, nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren. This year all of their family have been home for extended visits. Since retiring, Doug has written two books, THE "LOVE" OF TOLLERS, and "ISABEL & ME!". { http://www.toller1.com/ }

The first is a history their first thirty years breeding Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers.

A “heartwarming story” of the trials and triumphs of raising, hunting and showing “Nova Scotia's Official Dog" for thirty two years.

A Toller pioneer in the Conformation and Obedience show rings, Douglas Wayne Coldwell is a recent winner of the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever National Specialty Show with 1999 BISS Ch.Littleriver’s Delhaven Dancer. This is the first time the Cyril Colwell Memorial Cup has been won by an Atlantic Canadian.

Rather than rest on his laurels, Doug went on in 2000 to win the CKC Top Toller Award for Conformation with Ch Littleriver's Argus.

“This book is much more than a training manual, a how-to book on the breeding, care and training of Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers. It is one man’s autobiography, the story of his dogs, his family and his life, told through the medium of his years as a breeder of the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever. His blatant honesty and at times, outright soul searching makes this a remarkable story.” ~ Gail MacMillan, Author of, A Breed Apart, and co-author of, The Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever.

The second is the story of Doug's family from the 1850s to the end of the 1900s. http://www.authorhouse.com Doug is waiting with great trepidation to see what others might add to this "Bio".

[Note: The personal memories, photos (2) and family tree for Doug are not public.]

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