Bertie - The Life and Times
20th November 1993 - 19th June 2009
Jambalaya Snow Plough was the first of our beardies, born in November 1993 during a snowy winter, Bertie as he was to be known, was immediately a big part of the family. The original pet - his show career being short lived - Bertie was the liveliest and loveliest beardie you could wish to meet.
Bertie unfortunately recently passed away after a long and love-filled life. Here are just some of the memories that we have of this amazing pet who lit up our lives.
One constant throughout Bertie's life was his own self-belief that people could understand what he was saying and thus continued to bark to anyone that walked past the end of the garden. He would sit for hours at a time "talking" to anyone that would listen and considering the end of the garden is a river-side walk, this was often a lot of people.
Glory did occasionally cross Bertie's path, he won such coveted awards as"most adoring eyes", "best non-show dog at show", the list is endless so we won't bore you!!
Christmas Day was a magical time for Bertie. He loved to open presents and has been known to help himself before Christmas Day and open them. He tried to teach Jess and Blaze the art of present-opening, but they preferred to watch him.
Like many males the domestic chores weren't high on Bertie's list of priorities. In fact from a very early age the sight of the ironing board or hoover was met with a very loud selection of barks that left you in no doubt that he wasn't very impressed.
He had a complete dislike of swimming and although you'll see some photos on this web-site of a very wet Bertie, he wasn't your next Michael Phelps. In fact he could do a very good impression of King Canute "talking" to the waves.
Bark away Bertie - we'll miss you loads.