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Sonstrid Border Collies. We are a small ANKC kennel located south of Brisbane. Our dogs are family. If we aren’t competing we are out swimming or hiking or spending time with the doggos.

(ALL PHOTOS AND CONTENT COPYWRIGHT 2018-2022 SONSTRID BORDER COLLIES & KEALY KIRKWOOD)

You can find us most days out enjoying dog sports we actively compete in such as Flyball, Agility, Rally-o, Canine Disc, and Tricks. We look forwards to hopefully adding Conformation to the list with our foundation litter being of excellent quality. Any planned litters are very carefully thought out and raised

with the utmost care. We are very careful about the temperament and the structure we add into our lines. We use puppy culture as a base line for our puppies and from there the sky’s the limit. We pride ourselves on giving puppies the absolute best upbringing we can.

01/11/2025

She is a beauty and she’s grace. Quite literally. This little girl comes from the gorgeous Huxley and our beautiful grace. And amongst her and her sisters are puppies hoping to meet really nice couches in early December.

They are open to all the visitors and all the discussions. Please feel free to reach out.

This lovely tribe are now 4 weeks old. Time has absolutely flown by. We’ve started unstable surfaces. Have completed our...
28/10/2025

This lovely tribe are now 4 weeks old. Time has absolutely flown by.

We’ve started unstable surfaces. Have completed our first rounds of startle recovery. Are very much so people orientated little beings. Love their classical music. Eat like absolute champions.

This week brings a bigger pen upgrade. More brain games and challenges. And more food and growth. Time is flying by

I still have a couple of these gorgeous black and white girls searching for their forever couches. One is a more laid back quieter dog and one is a bit more of your typical energetic border collie. Which ones I won’t know till 7 weeks. But I’ve got a split of personalities and energies here. So if you’ve been considering I’d absolutely love to talk to you 🙂

🎪🤹2025 brings our Circus Creatures into the world! 🤹‍♀️🎪Gorgeous Grace - Sonstrid Majesty of Mayhem (Ch Allclarity All o...
01/10/2025

🎪🤹2025 brings our Circus Creatures into the world! 🤹‍♀️🎪

Gorgeous Grace - Sonstrid Majesty of Mayhem (Ch Allclarity All or Nothing AD GD JD SD SPDX TKI X Milangimbi Touch of the Devil TKS GD JD RE SD SPD FM) has welcomed 7 beautiful puppies by Huxley - Merrinda As Long As U Love Me (Ch Etherial This is a Part of me X Ch Merrinda Ohmyheart That’s Amore) into the world.

So without further ado introducing in order:

Sonstrid Come One Come All - Dazzle (384g Female)
Sonstrid Slight of Hand - Dorothy (346g Female)
Sonstrid Once More for Joy - Encore (373g Female)
Sonstrid Clowning Around - Ronald (390grams Male)
Sonstrid Defy and Astound - Huzzah (375g Female)
Sonstrid Sugar on Top - Floss (369g Female)
Sonstrid Peculiar Curiosities - Clementine (358g Female)

Some of our sweet black and white girlies will be looking for forever homes! So if you’ve been thinking a Sonstrid baby might be for you I’d love to chat.

At this stage we won’t be having any puppies next year.

One road trip to Victoria and back with many cute memories and Miss Gracie is now in QLD! In the final days before her l...
27/09/2025

One road trip to Victoria and back with many cute memories and Miss Gracie is now in QLD! In the final days before her litter as we all wait I thought I’d share a few cute moments 😉

Feel free to have a guess at the count!

We have had a few homes pull out of our 2025 litter plans. So at this stage I’m putting it out there again. These pups w...
26/07/2025

We have had a few homes pull out of our 2025 litter plans. So at this stage I’m putting it out there again.

These pups would be ready to go home early December and will have a mix of temperaments, drive & arousal.

Whilst I will make up a formal litter announcement for the gorgeous pair. I can say that mum to be is our beautiful Grace from our Wednesday (Milangimbi Touch of the Devil FDX JD GD RE SPD SD TKS CDB GDB) and Drift (Ch Allclarity All or Nothing AD GD JD SD SPDX TKI).

If you’re interested feel free to reach out via DM or email. We’d love to hear from you 🙂

The merriest of Christmases to all our family & friends this holiday season. The gorgeous Alfie has popped in to share a...
22/12/2024

The merriest of Christmases to all our family & friends this holiday season.

The gorgeous Alfie has popped in to share a festive picture for the year.

Sonstrid So Ewe Heard
Remedy x Lyra 🧡

🪻🐝 The Ton is Almost Upon Us 🐝🪻Well after what could only be described as a team effort to make this happen I am very ha...
29/07/2024

🪻🐝 The Ton is Almost Upon Us 🐝🪻

Well after what could only be described as a team effort to make this happen I am very happy to say Lyra was confirmed this morning! She has a small tribe on board and so we will be taking all the interest ahah.

These puppies will be suited to a variety of tasks depending on their individual temperaments. Coop is a gorgeous clowny easygoing lad who wouldn’t harm a fly if his life depended on it. I thoroughly enjoyed having him stay. He loves pats and cuddles. A couch. And a an explore around the acreage. But he’s also very much so a dog that could convince anyone and anything that he’s their best friend. Lyra takes life a bit more seriously. She loves a good job whether it be disc, agility, tricks or rally she loves to engage and learn and give her all. Shes a speedy intense little dog with a heart of gold. But she is a talker and her first litter owners will attest to that. She will however smother you with love and cuddles. So with that said I am expecting a variety of drive and arousal levels from these puppies. There is performance dogs and conformation dogs behind both parents and lovely natures all around. But most importantly there’s dogs that want to be with you on your couch or on your lap and part of your world.

This litter continues my theme of trying to have success in the field of health and it is part of continuing my general research. As some of you know I am a big advocate for trying new things and trying to understand all the fun aspects that affect joints and growth of our beautiful breed. And a breeding is always more than just the parents. It goes behind them as well. I am excited to say Coops sire who is a wonderful boy on his own merit has spectacular pennhip scores of 0.22/0.28. So keeping in mind the results of coop & Lyra, their parents and also the results I’m accumulating on Lyras siblings, half siblings and now her first litter (very lovely results on Envy) I am very excited to do another round of traction matting in my whelping box.

Ch Tullaview Truth be Told
(Nz Champion Waveney Kozmic Eclipse x Ch Tullaview This Much is True)
ACES - Normal
Elbows - 0:0 (Normal)
Cheds Hips - 5:3
Glaucoma Carrier

Sonstrid The Stars Who Listen TKS RE RPT
(Multi Int Ch Qeltynn the Joker x Milangimbi Touch of the Devil TKS JD RA FDX SPD CDB GDB)
ACES - Normal
BAER - Normal
Shoulders - Normal
Elbows - 0:0 (Normal)
Cheds Hips - 3:3
Pennhip - 0.42/0.47
Spine - Normal
Patella’s - Normal
Hocks - Normal
DNA Clear

A huge thankyou to everyone who helped this happen, Kylie & Georgia for participating in the run around, Jacqui for being a temporary stay point (I’m so beyond sorry about your wrist) and to Courtney & Patrice for sharing some of their gorgeous program with me. I am beyond thankful.

Well it’s time for an update ahaha. We’ve been once again quiet. Busy life for the human this year outside of dog sports...
09/07/2024

Well it’s time for an update ahaha. We’ve been once again quiet. Busy life for the human this year outside of dog sports and also just the wet weather haha. But the tribe has done some wonderful things lately!

Edison finished off his Jumping Masters title a while back and is well into accumulating his jumpers points towards his championship. Of course he’s still hanging out in excellent agility so it’ll be a slow process ahah. But a fun one regardless. He’s been his ever wonderful consistent self and is the best boy ever.

Lyra hasn’t had much chance to do much playing this year. We’ve had lots of close runs and exposure in the jumpers ring. We will continue working on verbals and distance because I don’t know how those little legs travel so much ground so fast ahah.

Wensy has been miss brilliant as per normal. Shes loved playing all her sports. Disc. Agility. Flyball especially this year. She’s really found her groove and is doing better everyday. Cracking a PB of 4.026? I think. Soooo close to sub 4’s ahha. Unfortunately she chose to come into season and skip agility states, the very first recognised sprint dog trial in Australia and agility nationals. Typical miss Addams.

Speaking of sprint dog trials Miss Envy participated and came away with her first quallie towards her Novice Sprint Dog Title. Sooo happy for her. She was a bit torn between herding and chasing but I think she’ll get the groove of this sport very quickly. She also participated in the state and national trick trials. Her first one though good she was her clownish self and made a few space cadet errors ahah. But she came back on nationals day and smashed it out getting a 4th place in starters and a quallie towards her title! Very proud to see this little girls brain starting to click into place ahha.

Mr Alfie also participated in the Novice sprint dog trial. He however said he’s not really supposed to chase things ahah. But he was his best self and gave it a go before going back to hang with Jesse until he could find his mum. I think with some work he’ll also get the hang of this. Alfie has also been playing in the rally and trick ring and is not far off his Rally Novice & Trick starter titles. A big Thankyou to his mum Brooke for working with this kid and setting goals. He loves learning even though he yells about it ahah. Alfie’s also been having a play in scent work classes and seems to be really really enjoying it. They had their first fun trial and he came away with a pass. Bestest dude.

Mr Moose has been playing in his agility classes as well as obedience and tricks and is having some major breakthroughs with realising that agility might be his favourite thing! He’s really switching on and enjoying the journey.

Now for the best girl ever Miss Indigo. Miss Indigo also played in a few events over the weekend at state and national trials. Over the year she’s been collecting her Novice Trick dog quallies and is absolutely loving the fun and fast paced cues her mums been giving. But sometimes she just wants to have all the fun. Which brings me to very proudly say that Miss Indigo and her gorgeous mum had their first official Dancing With Dogs Freestyle attempt at the Nationals. This little girl was cheeky, happy and had the most fun in the ring and really showed who she is at heart and came away with 2nd place at the National Championships. A huge win for anyone but especially for this little dog.

And this is just what I can remember off the top of my head ahha. If anyone’s had any awesome wins and victories no matter how big or small or who you are please share them below! It takes a village.

Maybe the next time I post it’ll be to discuss the pitter patter of tiny paws 🤭

Happy 1st Birthday to our Gossips Litter how it’s been 12months is beyond me. Furthermore how you’ve all made it to bein...
12/06/2024

Happy 1st Birthday to our Gossips Litter how it’s been 12months is beyond me. Furthermore how you’ve all made it to being 12months old is beyond me. The wildest tribe of feral beings with hearts of gold and all the snuggles to offer. A truly quirky bunch ahah.

Of course one little slice of this family isn’t here with us today and my heart hurts for this little boy all the time. There’ll never be a funnier more loveable little fighter than you little Frank. You will be endlessly missed. I love you buddy 🪽💛

And whilst it might not always be a successful weekend it is very much so always a wonderful one when camping and playin...
26/05/2024

And whilst it might not always be a successful weekend it is very much so always a wonderful one when camping and playing canine disc with our friends!

A lovely weekend away camping at Toogoolawah for the weekend. Always one of my favourite weekends.

It was certainly the day for Rally Obedience ahah. Little Miss Indigo also went out to a rally trial today. This girls r...
12/05/2024

It was certainly the day for Rally Obedience ahah.

Little Miss Indigo also went out to a rally trial today. This girls really starting to get her trialing groove and have fun and love it. It’s always lovely to see her happy face.

She came away with two stunning scores resulting in two 4th places and her Rally Novice title!

A big congratulations to Indigo & her mummy Sonia. Very proud of you both.

Sonstrid Reign of Virtue TKS RN
(Ch Allclarity All or Nothing TKI JD AD GD SD SPDX TKI x Milangimbi Touch of the Devil TKS RA JD SPD FDX CDB GDB)

Mr Alfie went out for his first rally trial. At 10months of age he’s always loved learning (alongside scattered teenage ...
12/05/2024

Mr Alfie went out for his first rally trial. At 10months of age he’s always loved learning (alongside scattered teenage bc brain) and his mum felt she’d give it a try.

Well Mr Alfie went out and brought home 2 quallies towards his Rally Novice title. The judge couldn’t fault his skills and said they’re beautiful just a deductions for him tightening his leash here and there.

Very very proud of Alfie & his mumsy Brooke

Sonstrid So Ewe Heard
(Tyinpi Equilibrium TKS RN x Sonstrid The Stars Who Listen TKS RN RA RE RPT)

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