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Tired dog triggers Lake District Rescue after refusing to walk any further

The nine-year-old terrier was exhausted after a long day walking in the rain - Keswick Mountain Rescue Team
The nine-year-old terrier was exhausted after a long day walking in the rain - Keswick Mountain Rescue Team

A tired dog sparked a rescue effort in the Lake District - after refusing to walk any further.

Mountain rescuers were scrambled to a stretch of the Cumbria Way between Keswick and Caldbeck on Thursday evening after the terrier’s owner called 999.

The nine-year-old dog was said to have “refused to carry on” after a “long wet day”, leaving his exasperated owner to try and carry him the rest of the way.

However, the weight of the dog soon became too heavy for the man to bear, forcing him to request help from the Keswick Mountain Rescue Team at 6.20pm.

Man and dog then waited inside a wooden shelter called the Lingy Hut as they awaited assistance.

The rescue team said: “A small team drove to Mosedale mines from where they quickly climbed up to the hut where they found the man and his dog.

“With visions of Great Danes and Rottweilers and the possibility of having to call more team members to stretcher the dog off the team were pleased to find a small and easily portable, cold, shivering terrier.

“The pair were escorted down to the track at Mosedale road end where one of the team members was able to drive the man and his dog to their accommodation in Caldbeck.”

A harness was used to carry the tired dog back to safety - Credit: Keswick Mountain Rescue Team
A harness was used to carry the tired dog back to safety Credit: Keswick Mountain Rescue Team

The terrier was pictured in a tartan harness which had handles to allow the rescuers to carry it back down the hill.

It took six team members - and one search dog - just over two hours to complete the operation.

Their rescue work was praised online, with Rachel O’Brien writing on Facebook: “This lovely outcome could so easily have been different if they hadn't had help from mountain rescue.

“Cold, wet and tired could easily mean hypothermia for man and dog and I've got a 10kg dog so know how heavy that is to carry even for a short distance.”

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