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Lost Dog- Glen Lyon

Lost Dog- Glen Lyon


Postby spiderwebb » Tue Feb 18, 2014 11:40 pm

Anyone walking in the Glen Lyon area jkeep a look out for Mill, a bearded collie missing on Monday 17th having followed a group about 4 miles into the hills then disappeared. Full details including contacts on Dogs Lost

http://www.lostdogs-scotland.org.uk/lost-dogs/item/milly

I'm going down to walk the Glen Lyon circuit tomorrow (baring any late calls from work !!)

Fingers crossed
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Re: Lost Dog- Glen Lyon

Postby spiderwebb » Wed Feb 19, 2014 10:57 pm

No luck today, so anyone in the area keep an eye out. Some tracks seen between the two eastern munros, crossing the usual route for walkers and fresher than any boot prints
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Re: Lost Dog- Glen Lyon

Postby electricfly » Thu Feb 20, 2014 10:57 am

News just released from missing dogs scotland.

Millie has managed to make her own way home today. :D

She was hoping to bag all four munros, but the estates management asked her to rethink her route! :lol:
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Re: Lost Dog- Glen Lyon

Postby Hill-loving lady » Thu Feb 20, 2014 12:16 pm

What fantastic news.

Bearded collies are reknowned for their homing instincts...in the past, the cattle drovers used them to take their highland cattle from the north and the islands down to the markets in Edinburgh. and when the drovers returned by boat, the bearded collies were left to find their own way home - brilliant skill to have!

I found this little bit on the web...interesting I thought.

There were probably originally two types of Bearded Collie. One was smaller and lighter boned and was used for herding flocks in the Highlands and for huntaways. Huntaways involved the dog and the shepherd working behind the sheep and having the dog work back and forth, barking continuously. This drove out the lost or hiding flock members. The other version of the Beardie was a heavier boned dog with a solid black coat. This type of Beardie was used for droving in the Lowlands. The modern Bearded Collie is believed to be an amalgamation of these two versions of herding dog. The history of the Bearded Collie is not clearly defined. There are records of Beardie type dogs droving cattle from the north and west Highlands to market in the 18th and 19th centuries. 'Dogs of Scotland' by DJ Thomas Gray, written in 1891, lists the Bearded Collie and describes it '... with a coat not unlike a doormat'.
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Re: Lost Dog- Glen Lyon

Postby mrssanta » Thu Feb 20, 2014 10:54 pm

brilliant. that was really interesting too.
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Re: Lost Dog- Glen Lyon

Postby CharlesT » Sat Feb 22, 2014 9:42 am

How pleasant to hear some good news for once. Well done Milly, but don't follow hillwalkers in the future it can only lead to trouble :lol: .

"...coat like a doormat..." Wouldn't say no to one of those :D .
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Re: Lost Dog- Glen Lyon

Postby Caberfeidh » Sat Feb 22, 2014 10:40 am

electricfly wrote:News just released from missing dogs scotland.

Millie has managed to make her own way home today.


Are you sure? Maybe it's an imposter - I found this up Glen Lyon on the 18th...

Feb 2014 Glen Lyon Beastie.JPG
Ex-Beastie of Glen Lyon
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