Shaggy Toller’s WILD SCIROCCO
„Weezy”

BREED:
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:
Denmark (Shaggy Toller’s FCI kennel)

COUNTRY OF STANDING:
Poland (Sons of a Gun FCI)

PEDIGREE: Breed Archive click here

Working Class Certificate (WCC)

Born: 2011-05-06
Date of death: 2023-08-02

Gender: Male
Height: 50 cm
Weight: 20 kg

WORK:
Obedience
Dummy
Hunting

HEALTH:
Neutered
HD A, ED 0/0, OCD free
CDDY: CDDY/CDDY
chondrodystrophy
spondylosis
mineralization of the intervertebral discs between C2-C3 and C7-Th1 (discopathy)

Cause of death: liver tumour

Weezy, officially Shaggy Toller’s WILD SCIROCCO, was our first (and long-awaited) Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever. Born in 2011, at the Shaggy Toller’s kennel in Denmark, Weezy came to Poland the same year. Weezy descends directly from Shaggy Toller’s Tombstone Shadow (Shadow) and Shaggy Toller’s Ce-Li’s Wild Child (Chilli).

It was Weezy who opened the door to the world of Tollers and dog sports for us. Working with Weezy was a journey of ups and downs. That is why I used to say that Weezy was both my blessing and curse in one dog.

Weezy lived for himself and himself alone, and most of the time had a 'will to please … himself’. He rarely sought any interaction with humans or responded to a recall unless there was something in it for him. Already as a pup, he showed no interest in toys – unlike food, which he simply adored.

Training Weezy, my first dog, was a great challenge. A true breakthrough came with our first obedience workshop with Joanna Hewelt, who introduced us to obedience training. Joanna’s mentoring pulled our dog training out of a rut, and practicing obedience became a truly enjoyable experience.

Weezy was not a typical sporting dog: he lacked the agility, fitness and strong motivation for competitive performance. In exchange, he was highly focused on work and a very inventive thinker, to the point of offering solutions on his own. Another great advantage of Weezy was his stability and reliable performance in all the exercises he mastered. The key to success with Weezy was always the same: motivation.

Weezy’s front limb issues made the obedience training even more challenging. With his health being of the utmost importance, we had to give up many things that the obedience world loves most – speed, dynamic stops, and turns.

All in all, I really enjoyed working with Weezy. Breaking through barriers, celebrating every successful training session, and every good competition result with this dog brought me great satisfaction.

Weezy finished his competitions in FCI obedience class 2, with a promotion to FCI obedience class 3 – becoming the first Polish Toller to achieve that. He was a member of the Na Fali Obedience Team (Poland), coached by Joanna Hewelt & Magdalena Stodułko.

Weezy was my first dummy partner. Dummy training helped us overcome his fear of gunshots and build better relationship.

Using his nautral birdness and passion for hunting, we trained for competitions dedicated to retrievers and tolling hunting tests. In 2018, Weezy passed an official hunting test for retrievers and received the Working Class Certificate (WCC) issued by the Polish Kennel Club.

Last but not least, Weezy was a proven hunting dog and working retriever. We used his abilities in duck, goose, and pheasant hunting.

Weezy retired from sport and hunting, for health reasons, in 2021. He passed away in 2023 at the age of 12 due to the liver tumour.

Photo in the header: Marcin Rutkowski Photography

HUNTING

OBEDIENCE