Bus-riding dog reunited with owner

GLASGOW, Scotland, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- A dog that boarded a Scottish bus in frigid temperatures and refused to leave has been reunited with its owner, animal authorities said.

The Cairn terrier boarded the bus on Wednesday at the Dumbarton Road stop in Glasgow. Witnesses said the canine had icicles hanging from his fur and refused to budge from a warm spot on the vehicle, the BBC reported Friday.

The dog was taken to the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals' building in Glasgow and was soon identified as 11-year-old Hamish by owner Ashley McGuinness.

"My sister-in-law heard on the radio that the Scottish SPCA was looking for the owner of a Cairn terrier who had gone on a bus and I thought it had to be Hamish," McGuinness said. "He was out in the garden and I think he escaped by going under a fence. I was desperate to get him back home and I couldn't be happier."

Anna O'Donnell, assistant manager at the SPCA center, described Hamish as a "cheeky wee character."

"He certainly must have plenty of spirit about him, especially given his age, to have walked a few miles and then jumped on a bus," she said. "We're just pleased to have been able to look after him and return him to his owner."