The dog of a woman missing since Friday has joined her friends and family and air, land and sea rescue teams in the search for its owner.
Crystalla Dean was reported missing by her daughter on Friday, with Police Scotland’s mountain rescue team and the HM Coastguard launching a large-scale search.
Her pet dog Ripple joined the search around the Dunollie woodland near Oban, Argyll and Bute.
It is believed that Crystalla, who has three dogs, may have gone missing while out walking with Ripple along a wooded path known locally as The Witches.
The 52-year-old was last seen at her home in Longsdale Crescent, Oban, around 8pm on Thursday.
Her daughter reported her missing the following day when she discovered her mother had not returned home.
Police Scotland said Crystalla Dean had “been dealing with some personal issues and her family just wanted to know that she is safe and well”.
A source at the search scene said: “The missing woman is believed to have gone for a walk with one of her dogs, but it came home without her.
“They brought Ripple out to see if the dog could get the scent and it wanted to go up the back of Dunollie, and was seen frantically searching the steep woodland, but there was no trace of the woman.”
Crystalla is described as white, around 5ft1″, slim, with curly hair dyed blue.