We had a problem with him escaping the fence and chasing cars, but with a few days of diverting his attention to a toy when a car would come by, he quit paying attention when they drove by. He's a very smart dog.

His favorite things to do would be herding me and the other dogs around the house. He pokes, it's quite funny. If I'm doing something and he feels we should change activity, he'll poke me with his nose until I move. The other dogs don't have the patience that I do. He loves to try herding the horses when they start running around. I think his most favorite thing to do though is collect things and put them in a pile in my yard. We live in the backwoods so he'll go into the surrounding woods, get a deer bone and put it in the pile of stuff he's created. He has rugs, shoes, bones, toys; he even stole my Weimaraner's collar from his neck and put it in 'his' pile.

He prefers the right side of the bed, or if he sleeps on the floor, it has to be right in front of the bathroom door. He won't eat until all the dogs are done. He'll watch over the cat, Annie, while she's eating as if he's making sure the other dogs don't bother her. His best friend is Butch, who is a bulldog. He's in the picture with Bert. He loves his little girl, Haley. Where she is, he's not far behind her. We'll just have to keep an eye on him when she starts running around, he likes to nip if poking doesn't produce the desired result. True to his breed, he has to be in control.

I hope this gives you and idea of how Bert is and his funny little quirks.

Nicole Waldrop