RoKodog

09/12/2024

Now’s the time to RUN 🏃 not walk to our site!! We have opened up the site to accept some orders but they very limited and will likely go fast!! 👀

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09/05/2024

After a busy two months we are finally opening sales up again starting Sept 12 @ 8:00AM so make sure you set your alarm! As always, we will only be accepting a limited amount of orders before the site shuts down again! 🐕 🛍️

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08/13/2024

Little bit of a lifeee update here 🙋🏼‍♀️

This past month has been extremely busy with my husband’s work schedule, working my day job and prepping for Brie’s 2nd bday parties. Months like these are the exact reason I’m only able to open very briefly for a very limited amount of orders. I can already see myself getting behind on July’s orders and so we will not be opening in August. Once the orders are filled and things calm down, we will announce a September opening date.

As always, thank YOU so much for being here, for being patient, for sticking around and for loving RoKo as much as you do 🥹

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07/10/2024

Poppin’ in to remind you tomorrow is the day!! We will be opening up at 5:30PM PST! We wi only be accepting a very limited amount of orders, so make sure you set your alarms so you don’t miss out🫣🫣

04/10/2024

8 years. But also really 7 since we’ve been on an extended hiatus 😅

Truth is, I’ve struggled making this post. Anyone that knows me, knows I have a VERY hard time being vulnerable. Especially to the whole IG but here it goes🥲

Years ago when RoKo was just starting to take off, I began to envision what that meant for the future. Mainly, I envisioned being able to build this brand up to a point where once I had children, I could continue on with a fully flexible schedule to allow me to spend as much time with my littles as they grew. But inevitably, when that time came in 2022, reality came crashing in.

If all I had to do was create and sew the products for orders, my plan would have been perfect. But being a one woman show, there is so many more tasks and so much more time that needs to be poured into this brand. Without marketing and consistently keeping up with social media, the orders don’t come in. I’m truly just now really realizing HOW much time I spend making RoKo successful. If i’m being 100% honest with myself, I don’t know if I can continue spending that time doing everything for this little business.

All of that mixed with the fact that since I’ve come back on social media I have seen SO many shops have closed/are closing. I can only imagine how much inflation has to do with that. $50+ collars are a luxury and it’s understandable that those things are the first to go when times get tough. That fear alone makes it hard for me to *want* to fully jump back in, that fear of failure.

With all that said, I still don’t know what the future holds for RoKo in the long term. In the short term, I will be posting sporadically about products that are available for purchase. So if you’ve been waiting to order something, you may want to turn on post notifications for us.

And if you’re still here, I truly, truly am so grateful for you. RoKo wouldn’t be what it is/was without all and you’re support. So thank you. Thank you.

04/09/2024

Happy 12th Bday to the OG, Kyro🥹 Love you so stinking much bubba❤️❤️

12/30/2023

Tofino Dreams - Available for preorder today only!!! It’s very likely that this print will not be available again so make sure you don’t miss out!😱😱🌊

12/18/2023

If you haven’t seen my story from today and you’re interested in snagging a Tofino collar.. make sure you check out it out and vote! 🌊🏝

12/01/2023

Just popping in for a quick Mystery Bag update😅 Thank you all SO much for your orders and your patience! I’m been plugging away on these and have mailed out a bunch! I’m working hard on the remaining ones to get them out ASAP but if I’m being honest, the struggle has been real😅😅 I obviously haven’t talked about this much on this account but, my cute little human is noooot a good sleeper 🫣 Which means, quite often I’m stuck contacting napping with her or spending hours during the night wide awake leaving me exhausted. While I’m soaking up the extra cuddles and telling myself this is just a phase and one that I will miss one day, it doesn’t leave me much “alone” time to get work done 😬 But as I said, I promise I’m doing my best to get these out! Don’t hesitate to reach out to get an update on your order and I’ll do my best! ❤️❤️

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09/10/2023

Don’t miss out on getting a smoking 🔥 hot deal on our collars!! AND possibly the only time in 2023 to snag some! Our mystery bags sell out lightning fast usually and with being closed for over a year, they are expected to be go e quickly!

They are the only thing available on the site to make it super easy! The site IS now live but the listings will not be until 4PM PST so make sure those alarms are set!!❤️❤️

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09/09/2023

The sale of the year is almost here and here are all the deets!! 🎉

- launching at 4PM PST Sunday, Sept 10
- limited amounts available
- the site will close again once sold out
- processing time will be estimated at 8-12 weeks

If you have any questions before the launch tomorrow drop them below 👇🏻

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09/07/2023

Mystery bag update!!

This will be the first time open since having the little human and to say I’m anxious is an understatement 😅 On one hand I’m so excited to be able to be filling orders again and seeing all your doggos in their new gear but life is looking so different these days and if I’m being honest, I’m just not able to pull the amount of hours working as I used to. Small businesses are a time consuming labour of love and I always want to be able to put my best foot forward for you all. With that being said, I will be quoting a longer processing time, just to give myself some grace while easing back into RoKo. There will also be a limited number of mystery bags available, so if you’re hoping for one, I highly recommend setting your alarm! This also MAY be the only time RoKo is open in 2023 so also keep that in mind 🥹🥹 Thank you all again for ALL support always, we love you and appreciate you❤️

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09/03/2023

It’ssssss time for a GIVEAWAY 🎉 in honour of our return + to thank ya’ll for sticking around and not forgetting us 🥹🥹 we are giving away one 2 collar mystery bag!!

RULES:
- follow .wear
- tag 3 of your friend(s) per comment
- share this post to your story and TAG us so we can see

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Open to CAD and USA residents only. Must be 18+ to play. Contest ends Sept 6/23 @11:59PST.

08/27/2023

Get in loser, we’re getting a mystery bag from RoKo

we have some VERY exciting news to share!!! Many of you saw our stories the other day and voted for all. the. mystery bags 👏🏻👏🏻 So lets dooooo this!!!

Sunday, Sept 11/23 the site will reopen for a VERY limited time 👀 aka only until the mystery bags are sold out. Exact number available is still TBD.

During this time the only thing available for purchase will be the mystery bags! I have so much inventory I need clear out before we even thiiiink about ordering 😅 So this is the perfect opportunity to snag a RoKo collar after a year of us being closed AND at a discount!!

Tag your friends below who you know would HATE to miss out on this!!!👇🏻👇🏻

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08/02/2023

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01/15/2023

A huge happy birthday to instagrams’s real own super dog (and human) mom!! She is one of the kindest and mostbaddass humans you’ll ever meet and we’re so lucky to be able to call her our friend! I hope you get spoiled with love and kisses today Corrine! Welcome to the 30s club, I have no doubt you will rock the heck out of them!! 🥂 🤘

11/08/2022

We got a light dusting of snow this morning so I figured it was fitting to share this photo from last year! Still two of my favourite prints ever and my favourite product photo shoot to date!! 😍

10/17/2022

If this photo doesn’t convince you fall is the superior season then I can’t help you 🤷🏼‍♀️😂

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10/09/2022

Happy Thanksgiving 🍁 🇨🇦

2022 been a wild year for us and we are so thankful for everything this year has brought❤️

10/01/2022

Happy October baby 🎃

I’m EXTRA excited for Halloween this year having the new babe to dress up🙊

09/23/2022

Happy second day of Fall!! Aka the best season ever😍😍

09/08/2022

August 19/22 our sweet little Briella joined us earthside 🌍

Throughout my entire pregnancy I had said (& hoped) she would come August 17/18 even though her due date wasn’t until Sept 5 and let me tell you, if I had a nickel for every time someone laughed and told me good luck because first pregnancies usually never come early, I could probably retire already😂

I went to my doctor’s appointment Aug 19 at 9:15AM and was told it was highly unlikely babe would be coming soon, so I went home, rallied a bunch of orders for a few hours before taking a break and having a bath. When I got out of the bath at around 12:30PM I had a weird feeling my water broke, but had an appointment to get my car serviced so proceeded to head to Honda. I got to the dealership, stepped out of my vehicle and instantly felt a gush of water (literally like the movies😂). Turns out I didn’t even need an service yet and left to head to the hospital. At this point I was feeling some pressure but nothing too serious. By the time the doctor came to check on me, I was 4cms dilated and being admitted. Labour came on fast and hard at the hospital, it felt like it went from 0-100 really quick and all of a sudden I was getting no relief between contractions. Luckily I was able to get an epidural (2 hours after I requested it) and shortly after that I was fully dilated and ready to push. At 8:00PM little Briella was born weighing 5 pounds 9 ounces.

We stayed two nights in the hospital and were discharged on August 21. Unfortunately, when we got home Briella was sleeping 24/7 and would not eat. We got some blood work done and our doctor decided it would be best to have us readmitted to the hospital to treat her jaundice and make sure she doesn’t lose anymore weight. After another two night stay in the paediatric unit, we got to come home again, this time for good!

I’m happy to say the dogs are taking the addition way better than expected and we are now just taking each day in and adjusting to life as a family of five and loving every second.

Since she came early, I do still have outstanding orders to fulfill but I promise I am working on them in the moments I have time to do so!

08/27/2022

Hiii 👋🏻 We’re still here, trying to be as active as possible but the struggle is real. We are taking time to enjoy and settle into our new life as a family of five 🌻

As for all the outstanding orders, I have some that I made prior to going into labour (literally an hour before😂) that I’m hoping to package and send to the post office in the next few days. All other orders, I’m hoping to slower resume making them next week, but we will see what next week looks like for us when we cross that bridge!

In the meantime, please continue to tag us and share your photos with us! I’ll still be active online and if you ever have any questions, please don’t hesitate to shoot me a message!

Going forward I’m thinking about offering some pre-made collars, that way I don’t feel stressed or overwhelmed with having to make shipping deadlines with a newborn. Another option would be to limit how many monthly orders I accept but was just wanted to see which option our amazing customers would prefer?! 😍

07/30/2022

Kyro update & a series of photos no one asked for because how do you pick just one 👀

Last Friday he became incredibly ill and very quickly so I immediately rushed him into the vet. The first vet was concerned he had peritonitis and wanted him admitted immediately which we did. FYI- do not google that if you think you’re dog has it🥲. He was admitted all day and wasn’t showing any signs of improvement that evening. After a second set of xrays came back we were able rule out peritonitis but the night vet still didn’t have any leads and dropped the “we may have to consider euthanasia if we can’t get to the bottom of this”. Needless to say, the next 3 hours were filled with reminiscing on photos and bawling my face off. Luckily though after spending 2 nights in the emergency on IVs, we were able to bring him home last Sunday because white blood cells were improving and he was starting to pep up a little. Since he’s been home with us (on 6 different medications ) he has been steadily improving physically. His appetite is back, his tail wags are back and he even did his food dance for breakfast this morning. However, as of yesterday his liver levels were still incredibly high so next week we will be going back for more testing to hopefully get to the bottom of this (and fix it so he lives forever because anything else is unacceptable).

Thank you so much to everyone who reached out and checked in on him (and me)!! This little dog community is just so amazing and I’m so grateful to you all❤️

07/29/2022

If you’re looking to get an order in before we temporarily close 🤰 then make sure you do it today! Tomorrow will be the last day we are accepting any orders for the next little while! I don’t have an exact reopening date at this point as I’ll be playing it by ear depending on when baby comes and how I’m feeling after. We may even temporarily open to offer pre-made gear but we’ll just have to see!!

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