[Closed] On the front page: Bye bye Bert

me too 🙁

Yeah... Mark mentioned this on his FB yesterday...

18 years is a pretty good innings for a JR..

But yeah. Stand down Bert

Tis a sad day..

18yrs? hes obviously cared/looked after him well 😀

Aye would appear Matt is a pretty switched on "Parent"...

And now a properly deverstated one no doubt.

Everyone show their respects to bert! He doesn't want flowers - he wants big juicy bones & doggy treats........ RIP BERT x

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Sorry to hear that. As above, 18 years is a good innings. Nothing worse than losing your best friend ever.

My heart sank when i saw that pic 🙁

Really gutted for you guys, nothing worse than loosing your best friend.

Woof..

Poor Bert... I remember him from Chelmer Cycles many years ago.

Lovely little chap 🙁

How sad.
GRRR.I.P Bert.

Look up my pal Fatty McTavish, (Westie-Cross, checked in about 15 months ago).
He'll see you right.

I'm not to proud to admit that i can see this becoming a tear jerker

RIP Bert.. remember all the good times.

still miss our old dog chip and he's been gone 17 months 😥

You never stop missing them but it does get easier. As times passes, you tend to remember more of the happier times without things welling up quite so much. I'll never forget the real Onza dog who I lost 5 years ago. (5 years? seems like yesterday)

RIP, Bert

Our Bingo eats a strict diet with lots of veg etc, is very lean (almost zero stomach) and well muscled compared to almost every Westie I've ever seen.

A real character to boot. I dread the day hes no longer with us. 🙁

If it's right that Bert has left us then my condolences to Matt, I know he will take it hard.

He was a great little dog a real little character.

Dogs are great bring so much, it's awful when their time comes though. Only 6 months since I lost my Lab she was a real softie. For the first time in 37 years I have a home with no dog, it's very odd.

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Sam is there too -

I feel for you dude, no pain greater than when your dog dies

R.I.P. Bert, its always hard to loose a dog, even if they have had such a good innings.

We lost our two jack russels down a sandy rabbit warren.

How they would have wanted to go I suppose......

You bastids have made me go and cry now. Dread the day one of our two go to the eternal rabbit chase in the sky 😥

Bert looked like a right character judging by that photo.

Thoughts with you Matt, remember the good times.

Poor Bert!! But 18, that was a good age!

Matt, my condolences 🙁

We lost our two jack russels down a sandy rabbit warren.

Sorry? [b]FACK[/b] Lost for words over, well. ****.

Three very good friends of mine have been Jack Russels. They can be complete nutters, and occassional gross liabilities, but they are very good company. Bless!

Hello

Cheers all- Thanks for the kind words. Bert was super old and was incontinent (well couldn't differentiate between outside and inside anyway) had been repeatedly falling down the stairs at home-and generally not very comfortable mentally (he kept "loosing" me while I was in the same room) He was physically pretty good when he went, to the point he was eaing biscuits at the vets `and it was very quick -I would like that option for myself.

So i'm sad but relieved really if I was Honest as well.

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He was a handsome little ****er as well ;]

cheers

Matt

I'm feeling your hurt guys 😥

I fear I'm going to have to make a similar decision tomorrow with my friend, dogs don't live long enough.....

Oh mate Feel for you. still miss my fella, He went in a simlar way brightened up at the vets but he was getting so poorly it was unfair to keep him like that problems with his kindeys weeing all the time isside and out. Still miss him now but have a great Pic of him that always makes me simle. All the best mate.

Sorry to hear that Matt, he was a great little guy.

I lost my 14 year old springer last saturday, possibly the worse feeling ever. was/am still gutted. :o(

Really sorry to hear this - my heart sank to when I read the words but was still hoping it wouldn't be bad news 🙁
RIP Bert

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Bert was ace. He was one of the family.

ha ha, funny photo

RIP Dog

Is that Justin Timberland?

:o)

"Everyone show their respects to bert!"
"I lost my 14 year old springer last saturday, possibly the worse feeling ever. "

I appear to have stumbled into an alternate universe...

[url= http://www.singletrackworld.com/docs/54-bertcam.mov ]Bert Cam[/url]

simon fud barnes

I appear to have stumbled into an alternate universe...

🙄

Simon... Just don't.

"[i]"Everyone show their respects to bert!"
"I lost my 14 year old springer last saturday, possibly the worse feeling ever. "

I appear to have stumbled into an alternate universe..."
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Your right Simon in the scheme of things it doesn't matter terribly, except to the indvidual - If people choose to be sympathetic because they do this human thing called empathising with other peoples feelings.... Well **** you. (That's another one of the emotions on display there as well. Guess which one)

Simon you really are a c**t aren't you

RIP Bert

I'm not a dog man, but when my cats go I'll be heartbroken - So can only imagine what you're feeling 🙁

Well said Matt! Looked like you had a lovely dog there.

Hope Bert is digging and running with Cassie and Toby who both went to chase deer last year.

Hope Bert is digging and running with Cassie and Toby who both went to chase deer last year.

I wonder what Richard Dawkin's dog believes in ?

Wow SFB whats the being a bit of a cock all about? Not normally like you?

Its hard loosing a dog - its just one of those things that gets you. Hence the sympathy for someone.

Anyways - sorry about Bert Matt.

David.

Matt, comiserations have lossed two family dogs and two cats, the first months are the hardest,but getting another helps the pain.
:cry:Are you getting another JR?

Not normally like you?

I commented a while back about SFB's rather cruel side :

ernie_lynch - Member

For someone who claims to abhor violence SFB, one doesn't have to scratch very deep below the surface to find a cruel and callous streak.
Posted 7 months ago

To which he responded :

simonfbarnes - Member

I would be the last to deny my inner nastiness

Posted 7 months ago

When you are are like SFB.......super slim, super fit, and an emotional superman, then you expect everyone else to mtfu and come up to your standard. Sadly he makes very little allowance for mere mortals.

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Sorry about Bert btw 🙁 ..............18 years is well impressive though 8)

My first dog(literally!)took me from 2 1/2 years old to 20.
I was mortified when she went. The younger collie passed within a month through pining.

I'm 31 with a 4 1/2 year old collie. Its already been mentioned that i will be a mess when he goes-after a close call with a vectra threatend to bring closer than i'd feared.
He's here now,they can can tell. My heart goes out to you.
Your either a dog person or your not, but comapassion is human nature.
SFB......take a pill and be decent. No need.
You would expect the same resect for a member of your family. Don't think for a second Bert is any less.

Our wishes are with you guys.

Bertcam? Classic..

SFB - dont be a dick, no need.

Bertcam is genius. All the best folks, I'm sure the memories are happy ones.

Talking to a lady in the park last night, she has two Terriers. I asked her how old they are (as you do)- shocked for her to say 7 and 8. BOTH have Diabetes.

A fair few I've met have dogs who became diabetic at this age or sometimes younger. Is it a Manchester-thing? Don't these people look after their dogs with tough-love?!

Back on topic, I remember thinking whilst talking to her and heres this dog Bert who hit 18.

my great uncle Fred was almost totally blind, during a visit to my Gran's he asked if he could take her 2 Jack Russells for a walk.

(these 2 dogs were bad tempered farm dogs, untrained and excellent rabit-ers - nothing would stop them chasing a scent to the bitter end)

'don't be daft' said gran - 'you can't see'

but Fred insisted, and off he went, just him and the dogs.

the bloody things walked with him off the lead and didn't leave his side, guiding him round the farm for about 2 hours. They'd never done anything like that before, or again, they didn't know Uncle Fred, but they knew they had to take care of him. Amazing.

RIP Bert.

Hope you feel like getting him into this thread;

http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=297716

Interesting.

SFB and Jack Russels. Neither is capable of leaving things alone.

So alike!

I guess that's why we like them both so much.

SFB is marginally hairier than any pooch though. Hes like ****in guerilla that fella.

I have not chosen to intrude on Matt's private grief, and my remarks were solely addressed to the mawkish selective anthropomorphic sentimentalilty expressed by other posters

"Everyone show their respects to bert!"
"I lost my 14 year old springer last saturday, possibly the worse feeling ever. "

[b]I appear to have stumbled into an alternate universe... [/b]

Hope Bert is digging and running with Cassie and Toby who both went to chase deer last year.

[b]I wonder what Richard Dawkin's dog believes in ? [/b]

are we to suppose that other animals go to heaven too ? Shall it be heaving with dinosaurs and ferrets etc?

Shut it you big hairybear

Nothing wrong with ferrets Simon.

While it's fun to pick holes in peoples views on religion/heaven/the afterlife, I don't think now is the time to do it.

Nothing wrong with ferrets Simon.

I never said there was, or dinosaurs.

I don't think now is the time to do it.

This isn't a matter of fun, but if critical faculties are to be abandoned every time an animal (or person) dies then there never will be a time

Sorry to hear about Bert. Such a beautiful little chap, and no doubt an amazing friend.

May he rest in peace (interrupted only by some barking at pigeons).

Shall it be heaving with dinosaurs and ferrets etc?

When I die and go to Heaven - I'm saddling a dinosaur and riding it around. He will be called Rexy McRex and be the baddest mofo dino there.

I think I will get him a unicorn horn to go on his head and train him to use it to spike things and then he can cook them with his flaming breath (like a dragon) and toss them backwards for me to eat. Whole chickens and stuff cooked to perfection. I think I will get him lasers and stuff as well.

Infact he will look like this dude. But with flames and a horn.

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Simon,

Your contribution to this forum in the main, while frequently irritating and frustrating is something we generally consider to add to the overall 'flavour' of the forum. However, you've picked the wrong thread to start posting to. So, because we can and because right now most of us here really don't want to have you contribute any more to this thread I'm suspending your account for 2 days.

From a personal pov.. Sod off!

This isn't a matter of fun, but if critical faculties are to be abandoned every time an animal (or person) dies then there never will be a time

i think you need to factor in a little respect for the feelings of others at a time thats difficult for them.

its a amzing that a 50 year old doesn't know this but hey ho

RIP Bert, the hunt is over

RIP Bert, he looked like an awesome little dude.

Mark - 100% agree with your post.
SFB can be mildly entertaining as well as being extremely irritating, but to try and wind people up on this post, well that makes him a prime c*ck. What a bell end.
RIP Bert.

RIP Bert! Sniff 😥

Good call Mark. This is about Bert, not SFB

I always smiled at pictures of Bert after rides, or in the mag office. 🙁

I appear to have stumbled into an alternate universe...

Shame it isn't one where you're not a cock.

What a cracking little dog he was. I loved Bertcam!

I've posted this before, but again, for all of us who have lost a friend:

RainbowsBridge.com
Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.

When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.
All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor. Those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by. The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.

They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent. His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster.

You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.

Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together....

Author unknown...

Karinofnine - Superb. Totally superb.

Good call Mark.

Sorry SFB, you gotta learn to respect people's feelings regardless of what else you think about them.

My heart felt condolences go out to Matt, and all at ST towers. I don't know what it is about Jack Russells but their character always seems way bigger then their actual size.

I have lasting memories of waiting patiently on top of a rabbit warren in the middle of the New Forest, listening to muffled growling and barking from deep underground, as our Jack Russell set the bunnies straight on squatters rights in his back yard.

Good memories...

What are you going to get next? Irish Wolf hound?

my sympathies.

having to put Taz down (7) was one of the hardest times of my life. significantly harder than the loss of friends/family even those at a young age and/or in unexpected circumstances, when its your dog you know nobody else really gets it whereas grief for human loss always seems more shared.

RIP Bert, sad news when you loose a good friend....mine turned 11 at the weekend gave her an extra hug after reading this

Well I suppose one good thing has come of this thread, Burt may of gone to 'a better place', but some big mouth has been put in his.

Don't mess with the owners of the site, it's theirs to do with as they please, & to think I actually thought you were intelligent, stupid boy!

RIP Bert.

The more people I meet, the more I like dogs...

On a related note, I now have an urge to strap my headcam to one of our greyhounds.....

RIP Bert, glad he made it to such a grand age and that the end was quick for him. JRTs are proper old soldier dogs who never give up.

Bertcam is inspired, my petcam (still) revealed only this
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Oh and about 100 shots of grass/dirt/pavement.

Must try again soon.

Oh and about 100 shots of grass/dirt/pavement.

.....and other dogs @rses...

I would like to add my commiserations for Matt and all who knew Bert.

I for one just want to express my humble and personal view that I find dogs deeply spiritual beings who are very protective, and it is no wonder that so many owners find the loss of such a friend can be difficult, so hugs from me.

Sorry to hear your sad news Matt - RIP Bert.

I'll be honest and say I've avoided reading this thread for a few days because I lost my own beloved Bert (16yr old big, chunky half Yorkshire Terrier, half Wookiee) back in March. Was totally devastated because she (yes, she - far more tomboy than lady) was my sidekick through everything, and such a colourful character. Everyone knew her.

All I can say is it does get "easier" as the days and weeks roll on. And remember the good times - there'll be plenty

One more thing (I only say this because it helped us a lot) - I opted to drop Bert off myself (to the crem) so as to say goodbye one-to-one. As unusual as it may sound, I even "attended" the chapel for a 10 minute service - it just felt like the right thing to do.

Bert has since returned home and is again part of the family.

RIP Bert and Bert

SM