Amazing Dog story. Harris the Border Terrier went missing halfway up Ben Nevis amid temperatures of minus three.
A pet dog survived getting lost on Britain’s highest mountain thanks to two kind-hearted climbers – who sent him home in a taxi.
Border Terrier Harris, went missing halfway up 1345m (4,411ft) Ben Nevis amid temperatures of minus three degrees centigrade and fading light.
Owners Christoff and Alison Du Plessis, both dentists in nearby Fort William, feared the worst after friends phoned with the bad news that Harris had run off chasing deer.
Two climbers found Harris later in the afternoon, an hour’s walk away from where he was last seen, and called the number on his tag.
The call was picked up hundreds of miles away in Spalding, Lincolnshire, by Christoff’s mother at the address where the couple used to live, the Daily Record reports.
She gave the rescuers their new address and they then arranged for a local taxi to ferry the pooch – none the worse for his ordeal – back home.
Thank goodness Harris was wearing his dog collar and Tag!