The search for Louie, the therapy dog missing in the Highlands
Louie the golden retriever is cuddly, afraid of sheep and is lost in one of Britain's last great wildernesses.
The two-and-half-year-old therapy dog has been missing in the shadows of Ben Nevis, Britain's highest mountain, for two weeks.
But his family — who insist he is a person, not a pet — are convinced Louie is surviving in the region's high, grassy meadows and fields or lush shoulder-high bracken.
His owner, Louise Manson, 41, from Fort William, has managed to mobilise groups of locals — and visiting walkers — to look for the dog ever since he escaped his lead on the narrow path to Steall Falls in Glen Nevis.
'We had dog trackers in the area who picked up a scent,' she said. 'And walkers say they have heard barking.'
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