Joy as missing dog found after eight days.

A dog that had been missing for more than a week on a Perthshire Munro has been found.

Cockapoo Ester disappeared while she and her owner, Rachael Nixon, descended Ben Chonzie near Comrie last Tuesday.

Extensive search efforts took place to locate the twoyear-old, with drones used by a volunteer from the Drone SAR for Lost Dogs Facebook page.

Ester was found yesterday in a “dazed and lethargic” state by Claggan Farm wildlife ranger Angus Broad. Apart from sustaining a few minor injuries and losing some weight, Ester is otherwise in an OK condition and is expected to make a full recovery.

Rachael said Mr Broad recognised Ester having read a Courier article about the desperate search for her.

She said: “He saw the article, recognised her immediately and got her to safety.

“It’s all because he had seen her in The Courier and knew her name and who she was.

“I’ve walked 80 miles up steep hills of 3,000ft to find her and that’s not even including all the searching my friends, family, volunteers, and estate workers have done.

“She’s got a few sore bits and is a little dehydrated, lethargic, dazed and confused but apart from that she’s fine. It’s a miracle.”

The young dog went missing when Rachael, who was visiting the area from Kirkcaldy, let go of her lead after she slipped on a rocky area of ground.

Rachael Nixon has been reunited with her dog, Ester, which had gone missing on Ben Chonzie.