The forelegs should appear as parallel columns straight and strong in bone. The pasterns are strong and slightly sloping. The strong, webbed feet are of medium size, tight and round, with well-arched toes and thick pads. Dewclaws may be removed. Rear and front angulation should be in balance.
Thighs are very muscular, upper and lower sections bent, approximately equal in length.
Stifles are well bent and hock well down, turning neither in nor out. Dewclaws must not be present. Following the natural, very slight slope of the croup, broad at the base, luxuriant, and well feathered, with the last vertebra reaching at least to the hock. The tail may be carried below the level of the back except when the dog is alert, it curves high over, though never touching, the body. The Toller was bred to retrieve from icy waters and must have a water-repellant double coat of medium length and softness, with softer, dense undercoat.