A cute canine from Gloucestershire has turn into an unintentional worldwide celeb, with hundreds of followers world wide. Bertie the Lakeland Terrier is now a well known pooch throughout social media after his Cheltenham proprietor posted an attraction for somebody to walk him.
Bertie’s X web page @bertie_lakeland quickly swelled to over 67,000 international followers – from so far as New Zealand and the US. Photos and movies on Bertie’s account present the pooch out on walks, sitting inside and outside cafes and eating places and taking part in along with his fellow canine mates.
His proprietor, Philip Stader, 61, stated he solely initially made him a social media web page in a bid to ‘discover a canine walker’. Philip stated his cute pet is “barely hard-work”.
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He stated: “Originally I simply needed to discover a canine walker, and somebody stated to create a social media web page for Bertie. I gave it a whirl on X – and I did discover a walker at first, however after 20 minutes of taking Bertie out they shortly gave up and I obtained a textual content saying ‘a horribly misbehaving canine, we’re taking him again’.
“So I stored going with the account – posting on a regular basis images of him going about his each day business, and it generated an enormous curiosity.
“Bertie, who’s eight, loves life and enjoys all the things – he loves the outside and different dogs too, and could be very social.
“The followers simply stored coming from then on and so I’ve simply stored it going!
”The two goals of the account are to carry a smile to the world and lift consciousness of Lakeland Terriers – a breed with start charges lowering every year.
“It’s such a beautiful factor to see and it’s only a little bit of enjoyable that brightens up folks’s day! We did not discover a canine walker – however we discovered an curiosity in Lakeland Terriers, which is an important factor.”
Philip explains how the Lakeland Terrier at the moment are a dying breed – as he describes them as “a bit tough and tumble”. He stated: “They are barely exhausting work – a bit tough and tumble – however make up for it in different methods.
“Their start charges are lowering however since beginning this account we all know of 10 to 11 individuals who have gotten Lakeland Terriers now, which is nice.
“It’s humorous as a result of in the event that they like somebody they’re going to spend all day with them but when the person tries to depart they try to seize their trousers to cease them from going!”
You can comply with Bertie’s adventures right here: https://twitter.com/bertie_lakeland
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