Fantastic news , read page 1 , was half way to calling the wife to come out and support tomorrow if still needed then jumped to the great news later in thread !
I dont have a dog of my own but have seen the love between owners and dogs and certainly had had great times growing up around some amazing hill walking mutts so Ican timagine how hard it was to leave but also massive respect for maiking the only sensisble decision to do so!.
well done all - aye how about a pic of the rescuee in question