But Kerry Blue terrier Betty – among the fastest dogs to dominate all 282 Scottish mountains over 3000ft – chooses a tough boiled egg. For owner and hiking buddy Shona Marshall, 58, that has actually suggested supplying a continuous supply of healthy deals with for her animal.
The set climbed up 546 Scottish peaks in less than 2 years – approximately 24 a month – along with every mountain over 3000ft in England and Wales. Shona said it was “humbling” to witness the trust Betty put in her as they rushed up the rocky slopes.
A previous program dog, Betty, 7, ended up being just the 15th pooch to be participated in the Munro Society’s Canine Completers register, having actually scaled each in simply 12 months and 2 days. Along with her owner, she finished her last Munro climb on Skye in 2015 and raised countless pounds for the Kerry Blue Terrier Rescue charity at the same time.
Now the mountaineering duo are well on their method to dominating all 226 Munro tops – peaks over 3000ft that are classified as a subsidiary of a close-by Munro – by April. They have actually climbed up 180 of them, plus 30 Corbetts – mountains over 2500ft – and 30 Grahams and 24 Donalds, Scottish peaks over 2000ft.
Shona, a retired clay pigeon shooter and Commonwealth Games silver medalist, who got Betty to keep her active, said: “She’s just the right size and provides me with great company on the hill. Bla Bheinn was the first scrambley hill we climbed and it was humbling to witness the trust she put in me as I encouraged her up and down.”
When she initially got Betty at 15 months, the puppy hesitated to even action in a puddle. But now the terrier is no complete stranger to scaling numerous peaks in a day, taking pleasure in a well-earned reward at the top.
Shona said: “She always gets two hard-boiled eggs on the summit and every walking day she gets sardines on top of her normal meal for the extra calories. We’ve got our own chickens so there’s always plenty of eggs.”
But she remembered: “We had a little bit of a catastrophe on top of Sgurr Alasdair. I got her 2 eggs and she nosed among them and it triggered down the hill, rolling. Luckily she didn’t attempt to chase it.
“But now I always make sure I put them down where they won’t roll away from her.”
Shona included: “We’ve still got 4 Munro tops delegated do on Skye and they are the difficult ones. But Betty is great at discovering the course.
“I can’t say I’d be keen to do so many hills if it wasn’t for her.”
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