SUEKI 2022
This is just a part of the beautiful life our retired girl Sueki is having since leaving us in 2019.
We made the very difficult decision to rehome a couple of our girls over the years and we have been blessed with beautiful families to take our girls and give them amazing and loving lives. Terri has stayed in touch with photos and phone calls letting me know of their achievements and life together. It is such a joy to continue to see how our Sueki is loved and thrives with her family. Thankyou Terri and Hugh for finding Sueki and us. 🐾🐾❤️
This is Sueki and Terri’s story…
Sueki is 11 years old. She is a Red and White Border Collie. We are a Therapy Dog Team for the Therapy Dog Association here in South Australia. We visit Community Centres, the Childrens Court, Aged Care Facilities, The Royal Adelaide Hospital in the Stroke Ward, and Isolated people in the Community. We spread happiness and joy where ever we go. It is a privilege to own Sueki. She is such a loyal, calm, gentle girl, and is so obedient. I have never had a bad day with her from the moment I set eyes on her. I had a serious surgery and health problems in 2018. I was looking for a dog (not a puppy) to get me up and out everyday walking. I had owned Old English Sheepdogs for many many years but knew I could not manage the coat. I don’t know why but I saw a rescue Border Collie ad and thought I would enquire. I spoke to Sharlene from Asterby Border Collies and after numerous phone calls she and her husband decided to entrust their beautiful girl Sueki to me and the rest is history. How lucky was I. Thankyou Sharlene from the bottom of my heart. Sueki and I are a popular team and I am sure we will be working for a few more years.
Roxy Born 2016
Toby born 18/1/13
Hello Sharlene and Dave.
Frankie born 3/12/11
31/1/12 Hello Sharlene, Lele here. Just a little email to say we are all home safe and sound. Frankie was an angel the whole drive, we were both very surprised by how chilled she was, she slept most of the journey. She seems to like her new home. She has snuggled into her new soft bed and is rolling on her back making funny puppy sounds as I type after wandering around and checking out her new pad, we think she may like this new bed to rest up for the night:) We will send you some photos over soon too, thank you again for your time and care for the beautiful Frankie x
1/3/12 She is so good ' slept till 4pm ( I didn't sleep a wink' fretting) x
2/2/12 We all slept great last night 9 - 5am ,
frankie seems intrigued by the ocean and the surfers '
she is eating with great appetite and wee'ing n poo'ing with gusto ( nicely formed )
We go to the vet on saturday 11am www.naturalvet.com.au
xx rick
4/2/12 All good @ the vet today'
Weight 5kg
X rick
11/2/12 Here is ' miss bondi frankie ' she is soo amazing x
I took her to my yoga class whilst I taught this morning .
she was just incredible , so smart '
she sat next to me at the front of the class ( 34 students )
then lay down and slept for 1 1/2 hr while we all practiced
even chanting loudly to end class ,, her ears merely pricked up ...
such a beautiful pup everyone loves .
I ve her now on a base of organic brown rice , pumpkin,
sweet potato, silver beet ,/ veggies , + roo/beef meat ..
xxxx rick3/3/12 Whilst out walking around Bondi ' many people seem to stop us and ask if we have a yard or garden? " TOTALLY " is my answer ,,,, WE'RE STANDING IN IT ! "
In Actual fact myself and Frankie live ( sleep ) in a 60 sqm apartment , no yard , no balcony - but a nice ocean view !
Franks has yet to see dolphins and whales , but as she likes, upon waking, to look out of the window , it is only a matter of time .
Since the day I bought Frankie home she has been so perfect in every way .
she never barks - maybe a little yap now n again before giving me a big lick '
Toilet trained on newspaper 95% of the time ,, odd mistake here and there - I try to tell her the rugs are expensive , from persia no less ! I receive another lick .
Franks is a very happy , healthy , contented puppy
maybe because She is NEVER locked up and left ALONE .
maybe because she socialises everyday with every other kind of dog imaginable ' sometimes 10 - 20 a day .
maybe because everyone from babies, children to old diggers to super models get to hug + belly rub her daily .
maybe just cause she absolutely knows we all love her sooo much
So as one can see ' its not how big ones house , farm , apartment , yard is' that actually matters ...
xxx rick n frankie
Duke born 17/10/2011
Cody born 12/12/10
Bailey born 20/9/2010
Hi Sharlene
I would like to thank you for Bailey - the last couple of days I have been sick and he has been by my side all the time looking out for me. Bailey is now 20 months old and he has the sweetest nature of any dog I have had. He is very adaptable, fits in with anything that I am doing. He does like his walks but he also like to lie around and do nothing if that suits me.
I am training Bailey to put his toys back into his toy box so far it is working but sometimes he slips up a bit. He has his own bed in the lounge room but he sleeps anywhere that he finds comfortable. Bailey loves his bath - I get him hydrobath every two weeks and he loves it. He is the perfect dog, very good looking and a great companion. He loves to be cuddled and he is a mummy's boy.
The little dog next door - Hallie comes and stays something when her owner goes away, they just love each others company.
Lots of love
Debbie and Bailey
Frankie born 3/12/2011
Whilst out walking around Bondi ' many people seem to stop us and ask if we have a yard or garden? " TOTALLY " is my answer ,,,, WE'RE STANDING IN IT ! "
In Actual fact myself and Frankie live ( sleep ) in a 60 sqm apartment , no yard , no balcony - but a nice ocean view !
Franks has yet to see dolphins and whales , but as she likes, upon waking, to look out of the window , it is only a matter of time .
Since the day I bought Frankie home she has been so perfect in every way .
she never barks - maybe a little yap now n again before giving me a big lick '
Toilet trained on newspaper 95% of the time ,, odd mistake here and there - I try to tell her the rugs are expensive , from persia no less ! I receive another lick .
Franks is a very happy , healthy , contented puppy
maybe because She is NEVER locked up and left ALONE .
maybe because she socialises everyday with every other kind of dog imaginable ' sometimes 10 - 20 a day .
maybe because everyone from babies, children to old diggers to super models get to hug + belly rub her daily .
maybe just cause she absolutely knows we all love her sooo much
So as one can see ' its not how big ones house , farm , apartment , yard is' that actually matters ...
xxx rick n frankie
Kobe born 17/10/11
Hi Sharlene,
Luke has been telling me how he's been meaning to email you so I thought I'd do it while he's at soccer.
Kobe has been doing well, growing very fast- putting on about 1kg a fortnight. Last night he weighed about 6.1kg at puppy school. Last night was his second puppy school class and he is doing really well (he's definitely smarter than the other pups bless them haha) but we expected that. At about 9 weeks Luke already had him sitting, shaking hands, laying down and rolling over!
He's doing well at home also. The owner of our house, Pam, who lives upstairs has fallen in love with him and he's become quite the celebrity in our street with people bringing their kids to visit him and giving him gifts. He had a few great escapes this week- didn't get too far just hanging around the driveway and koi pond out the front watching the fish. Pam spotted him and put him back down the back and we've solved the problem now. He's very close to being toilet trained as well, he has never once pooed in the house and hasn't weed for about a week now. As long as we keep the doors open he takes himself outside if he needs to go.
At night he sleeps in his bed in his crate in our en-suite where he can see us, but we hardly hear a peep out of him until about 9-9.30 in the morning when he needs to go to the toilet.
He is very playful but a bit bitey, which we are hoping he will grow out of. He is also spoiled rotten with toys to keep him occupied. We check him everyday for ticks as we did find one on him a few weeks ago but nothing since. We've started using Advantix now so hopefully that's doing its part.
Today we took Kobe to the beach and he had a play and swim in the lagoon which is a good sign as Luke was hoping he'd love the water. He also made friends with another beautiful Collie. He did bring half the beach home with him though so I have just given him a bath which he hates! He's not too bad when I brush him though apart from wanting to chew the brush.
We are taking plenty of pictures all the time, some of which I will upload here but if you would also like to add me on facebook I upload them all on there along with some videos.
Thank you again for our wonderful puppy and I hope you enjoy the photos!
Nadine & Luke
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31st Jan 2011
Hey Sharlene,
It's Luke this time, finally got a week off from work and the puppy is sleeping :) haha
Kobe is just the best dog. He's so super smart and hasn't been to naughty actually. There's not alot he can destroy which is probably a good thing haha. Nadine and I take him to Wambi almost everyday and he loves it. You've seen the pictures of him and his little 9 month old girlfriend Abby, they see each other and ignore other dogs just to play with each other.
I've been really impressed with his learning curve for his training. Obviously the main 2 things i'm concerned with him learning are stay and come and both he is making solid progress every day. I'm trying to get him exposed to as many things as possible so he is comfortable with everything in life. I am so happy he is a water dog as Benji hated the water so it is nice to have him really begin to enjoy it. He's already not minding being in the surf and as he gets a little more weight on him I'm sure he'll enjoy it even more. He also loves the car which is really handy, loving to put his head out of the window which funnily enough is such a typical dog thing that I've always wanted to have a dog that did since Benji was so timid he just wanted to be on someones lap the whole car trip. Kobe immediately didn't make a fuss about getting put in the back seat and often just lays down in the back its fantastic.
I've been still getting on your website weekly to check the new puppies. They are all so cute and Thor especially. If I had the money I would snap him up straight away limp or no limp I think he's super special and after seeing Abby at the beach and her beautiful wheaten redish coat and how her and Kobe have so much fun together makes me want to invest haha.
I saw Brent's dad the other day and was meaning to give him a bell so I could get the puppies together. I see photo's of Rocko all the time on facebook. Apparently he's just getting huge.
Definitely next time your down please pop in and come and say hello. Kobe is such a sook and wants attention of everyone its really good he's super social.
Anyway will keep you posted and keep checking Nadine's facebook as she's obsessed with taking constant photos of him which is good as its a great record of him growing and changing.
Will definitely talk soon. x
Cheers
Luke
Ruby Willow born 30/6/2011
Hi Sharlene and Dave
We just wanted to let you know that Ruby Willow is an absolute delight and we are so glad that we came to Asterby for a Border Collie. She’s perfect. Not only is she the prettiest puppy I’ve ever seen but she’s so sweet and smart. She has us all wrapped around her little paw.
Ruby is such a content and well grounded little pup, she settled right into the family routine from day 1. She understood what the newspaper ‘toilet’ was for and she was using it 100% of the time after only two days. We were amazed at the maturity of this tiny, furry ball who would break from a game with the kids and run over to her paper, do her business and run back to play again.
Thank you for breeding such beautiful babies. Her temperament is spot on for a lovely family pet. She loves cuddles and I can tell that you gave her a lot of affection and love before she came to us. (She’s fallen asleep on my feet as I write this).
We will definitely keep in touch.
Kind regards, Kylie and family