Bobby had a miracle escape after he chased a seagull off a cliff and was saved when he landed on soft seaweed 100ft below.
The cocker spaniel-poodle cross – a cockapoo – suffered just a broken toe and a chipped tooth in the death-defying fall.
The one-year-old was being taken for a walk by owners Denise and Kevin Rowell when he spotted the sea bird perched on the grassy edge of the cliff.
While the couple sat on a bench to enjoy the scenery, Bobby went after the gull and fell off the sheer cliff.
Denise and Kevin couldn’t fathom where the black dog had gone until a member of the public gave them the bad news.
Kevin, a 48-year-old train driver, dialed 999 for help before kneeling over the precipe to find Bobby sat on the shingle beach below yelping out.
With no way of reaching the dog the coastguard team, who arrived at Old Harry Rocks, near Swanage, Dorset, summoned a lifeboat to fetch him.
The Swanage RNLI crew found Bobby sheltering against the cliff face.
They lifted him to safety and motored to a nearby beach where he was reunited with his relieved owners.
The rescue was recorded on a helmet-mounted camera worn by one of the lifeboat men.
Bobby was taken to vets and had a bandage strapped on his front left paw for the broken toe.
He is now recovering well at his home in Poole.
Kevin said: ‘We went for a long walk along the coast path and when we reached Old Harry Rocks Denise and I sat on a bench for a rest.
‘Bobby was by us the whole time. But we took our eyes off him for 30 seconds and in that time he had bolted.
‘I couldn’t see him anywhere and then a couple came up and said ‘your dog has gone over there’ and they pointed to the edge of the cliff.
The spokesman reminded dog owners to keep their pets on a lead whenever they are near cliffs Kevin and Denise, a 40-year-old administrator at lettings agents, have thanked and praised the coastguards and RNLI for rescuing their dog.
