July 27 (UPI) – A Saint Bernard, a breed of dog famous for performing mountain rescues, was rescued when the canine collapsed on the highest mountain in England.
The Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team said in a Facebook post that the owners of the dog, named Daisy, contacted rescuers to report that the Saint Bernard had collapsed and appeared to be experiencing pain in its hind legs as Scafell Pike descended in North West England.
The team said it took 16 members of the group about five hours to successfully bring Daisy to where her owners could transport her in a vehicle.
“Daisy’s owners were able to keep her well hydrated and fed until team members were able to enter the scene with a stretcher to help them move quickly again as the weather would deteriorate later that night,” the rescue team said.
The team brought the 121-pound dog, which according to the publication had “a difficult start in life” before being rescued by its owners just a few months ago, going down the mountain on a stretcher.
Daisy had “returned to her usual good mood” after a good night’s sleep, the rescue team said.
“Apparently she feels a little guilty and a little embarrassed for disappointing the image of her cousins bouncing off the Alpine snows with barrels of brandy around her neck,” the team wrote.
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