Ngakhale dzina la mtundu uwu (Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever) likuwoneka kuti ndi lovuta kutchula poyang'ana koyamba, mutha kudziwa zambiri za komwe agaluwa amagwirira ntchito komanso komwe amachokera. Zobweza nthawi zambiri zimagwiritsidwa ntchito pofotokoza agalu osaka omwe ndi abwino kubweza chifukwa cha luso lawo.
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever ndi imodzi mwa izo. Dzina lachidutswa Duck Tolling likuwonetsa gawo lake pakusaka. Abakha ndiwo ankadya kwambiri, ndipo pamenepa, kulipira kumatanthauza kuwakopa. Chifukwa cha ichi, galu uyu amatchedwanso toller kapena loko.
Ntchito ya galuyo inali kukopa abakha ndi khalidwe lake m’mphepete mwa madzi, ndipo mlenjeyo ankatha kuwomba mosavuta. Kenako anayenera kubweretsa nyama imene anapha kwa mlenjeyo. Njirayi imatchedwanso "kubwezeretsa".
Gawo loyambirira la dzinali, "Nova Scotia" limatanthawuza chigawo cha Canada ndipo chimatchedwa anthu ochokera ku Scottish. Ngakhale kuti chiyambi chenicheni cha mtundu wa galuwu sichidziwika bwino, agalu aku Scottish adabweretsedwa ku Canada. Agaluwa ankagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati agalu ogwira ntchito ndi osaka m'dera lotchedwa "New Scotland" pamphepete mwa nyanja ya Canada.