Rjdogs BorderCollies

23/11/2023

Miss Mya is back on the job after a bit of a break whilst her human mum was running some extended programs at school. Today she's supporting some year 10 students with an escape room, then some year 11s with exam feedback. The students were so happy to welcome her back after her little break!

11/11/2023

🩷🩷🩷 Our beautiful girl Mya 🩷🩷🩷

07/11/2023

We love and miss our Kiara but there is one thing we really don't miss. Her over the top reactions during storms. It is currently storming in Melbourne. Thunder and super heavy rain. Jordan and Mya could not care less! I'm sure Jordan is quite happy to be inside and he is curious about the sounds but he's calm and relaxed🥰

05/11/2023

Just doing a little Mya-proofing in the garden today after she took it upon herself to redecorate last spring. Little Miss Innocent has been site supervising.

04/10/2023

Well done Skye from our last litter. What a talented young lady!

07/09/2023

We absolutely LOVE our memorial stones that arrived from Engraved Stone Co!

We had one made about 11 years ago by Nicolette and she was able to match the font and style of these new ones honouring Max and Kiara. And thanks to Berwick Veterinary Hospital who took paw prints after they both passed, we were able to get their actual paw prints added.

Now to find the perfect place to put them!

02/09/2023

Enjoying the spring sun that has finally found us... on top of the outdoor table 🙄 Channelling Kiara today for sure!

01/09/2023

One week since we said good-bye to our sweet girl Kiara. We miss her a lot but especially at night. Her son, Jordan and her would sleep by our bed at night. Jordan is pretty lost without her and is needing extra cuddles and reassurance. It must be so confusing for those doggies left behind 😥

26/08/2023

Our sweet girl Kiara succumbed to her cancer yesterday and crossed the rainbow bridge. She was the most incredibly loyal dog, right from day one. We'll never forget the day we got her and the double rainbow that came out on the long drive. She was meant to be for us 💞

Kiara - Calma Pretty Woman - lived up to her pedigree name. A stunning girl with the sweetest face and a beautiful, calm, loving temperament. She was the matriach of RJDogs and we'll be forever grateful for the time we had with her.

She blessed 6 lucky other owners with puppies across two litters. Her son Jordan remains with us and will hopefully carry on her gorgeous nature in the next 12 months. He is thoroughly confused about where his mum is after being by her side since day one. 💔 Kiara also had some stunning grandbabies from her daughter Skye. Hopefully there will be more on the way soon.

We will certainly miss you our sweet, curly girl 😭💗 Our home won't be the same without you.

16/08/2023

Tough day at the office for Mya today...NOT! Staff professional learning day so lots of sleeping under the table for Mya. We were lucky to see this beautiful owl this morning on our way in though!

02/08/2023

Just another day at the office with my baby girl 🥰

01/08/2023

"It's OK Mum I'll just guard this cat food for you" aka wait until you're out of the room to sneakily eat it.

Kiara is 8 months post terminal cancer diagnosis, when she was given an estimated 9 months time frame. She's doing well, we can see where the cancer has come back but it's not growing fast from the outside. She's got a limp in her back leg so we think it's spread to that limb in some way. Spending extra time inside helps. And she's lost some weight with noticeable loosening of her collar. But she's not in pain, still an absolute guts and happy with being around the other dogs and humans. We're hopefully we've got a bit longer with her than estimated.

22/07/2023

Jordan hoping that if he just leaves his head on my leg long enough, I'll pat him with my hand scrunched up in my jumper. He does this constantly!

26/06/2023

Geez this boy loves his Dad and cuddles. He will literally start to doze off like this. Such a smoocher 🥰

24/06/2023

Mya's new crate for work and it's exactly what we were looking for. It fits under the desk behind mine absolutely perfectly. It's a bit smaller than her crate at home so it might take a little getting used to but she looked pretty comfy in it.

22/06/2023

Work time! Helping the students celebrate the end of term 2. She's being a live example for Biology this morning 🥰

17/06/2023

Think the young two are jealous much?

Miss Kiara has struggled big time with the wind here in Melbourne today and has needed to be inside.

We're also not sure if we updated everyone on her cancer journey. She had a HUGE operation before Christmas last year to remove one whole side of her mammary glands due to cancer. The operation was a huge success but they found cancer cells in her lymph nodes which means it will pop back up again. There's no way to treat this. They gave us 9 months. It's been 6 months so far. She's had a small lump pop back up but is otherwise doing really well. She just gets a bit sensitive when it's too cold or windy. 💗

15/06/2023

We said good bye to our gorgeous 12yo cat Max (black and white) last week. We noticed he had a sore mouth, 2 vet visits within days of each other later, we discovered the most horrendous tumour under his tongue. We brought him home on strong pain meds to spend a couple of days with the family, then said our good byes. We won't miss the 2am wake ups, but we will most the most affectionate, good-natured cat in the world 💔

29/05/2023

Extra day of work for our girl this week since her hooman was unwell last week. Only staff on site so she enjoyed a bit of extra freedom. Happily settles herself under other people's chairs now. And we got the sweetest unexpected note from one of my colleagues 🥰 So great to know she's having a positive impact for all.

22/05/2023

How stunning is Mya's sister Quinn? They're like two peas in a pod 🥰

11/05/2023

Beautiful Kiara keeping me company whilst doing some professional learning ❤️

10/05/2023

Mya's First Day of School!

We finally got there!! Endless hours of training and so much paperwork paving the way in our school by writing policies, risk assessments and getting consent. But we finally got there and Miss Mya started her first official day of school today. She did such a wonderful job. She is working at a school of 800 students and got to meet sooooo many of them today. She 'may' have completely passed out during the 1hr of professional learning afterschool 🫢

07/05/2023

Sunday snuggles with our feline friends 💕

08/04/2023

Crate trained doggies have been invaluable these holidays. As you can see from these photos, they voluntarily go in the crates often. They are calm, happy and feel safe in their crates. They flat pack easily for travel. We close the doors of the crate at night for their safety and to ensure they don't get into anything during the night in this holiday house. Old girl Kiara was actually never officially crate trained but has picked it up from the younger two.

08/04/2023

Jordan's other favourite activity has been playing games with the kids whilst we're on holidays. He was even 'helping' roll the dice with Mr 10.

08/04/2023

Jordan so content snoozing with his littlest hooman 😍

07/04/2023

Beach time for everyone!!

06/04/2023

What's more chaotic than a family holiday with 3 kids? A family holiday with 3 kids AND 3 dogs! We found a rental house right near the beach who were happy for us to bring dogs.

We arrived a couple of hours ago. They were excellent on the long drive and are settling nicely. Very overstimulated outside so we'll explore better tomorrow when it's daylight.

PS Mya's crate is actually open, she's just enjoying a familiar spot.

25/03/2023

Think she missed her mumma while she was on school camp 💗💗💗

18/03/2023

It's a HOT one in Melbourne today and Miss Kiara is finding it a way too warm so she's inside keeping Mrs Rjdogs company while report writing 🫠

18/03/2023

Happy birthday to these two munchkins and Jordan's siblings! Kiara is 9 today and Jordan and his siblings, Barkley, Skye and Lola turn 3.

Mother and son just hanging out in the kitchen, hoping some food might drop on the floor 🤣

17/03/2023

Oh this gorgeous QLD red head is still looking for his perfect home! How can you resist?!

16/03/2023

Who's heard these things before?

Border collies are incredibly smart but also take a big commitment to their training to channel those smarts!

10/03/2023

Mother and son just hanging out in the kitchen, hoping some food might drop on the floor 🤣

01/03/2023

This seems like a comfy pillow. Funny girl!

For those following our therapy dog journey, progress to actually get her in the school is slow! We finally submitted a dogs in school policy and risk assessment to school council last night. Next step will be to give parents an opportunity to 'opt out' of interactions with Mya. We also need to create a safe space for her to go at school for time she needs to be contained (thinking a crate under the desk). Slowly, slowly it all goes when you're doing things for the first time!

22/02/2023

Jordan has been a bit of a nutcase lately due to Mya being on heat. But for the first time in 1.5 weeks he came inside calmly and had the most beautiful cuddles with Mr 4 this morning 🥰

11/02/2023

Miss Mya is on heat for the second time so will be spending a bit more time inside. Thank goodness for deer antlers! Ones this size can retail for about $30 each. We were lucky enough to be given a full set of antlers for free, fresh off the farm, that Mr Rjdogs cut down in more manageable pieces. The dogs LOVE them!

09/02/2023

Apparently baby girl likes the shower now and thinks she should be invited in with any family member 🤣