A Golden Lab that was rescued from the Scarborough Bluffs ran immediately back to the edge before being called away.

Toronto firefighters may have found the reason: As they brought Zara closer and closer to the top, they asked her owner for a leash.

“She doesn’t need one,” the owner responded.

The 12-year-old Zara wandered too far down the Bluffs, near the foot of Lakeside Avenue, around 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, and needed to be rescued by Toronto firefighters.

“She’s a big girl … apparently 95 pounds,” Toronto firefighter Bill Zsepeczky said after the rescue.

“But the calmest dog I’ve ever come across, especially for a dog who’s been in distress. She cooperated with us and allowed us to put her into the basket [to take her up] … about 40 or so feet.”

Zara had only a few cuts and bruises.

“It was absolutely satisfying. I’m so grateful,” Zsepeczky said.

Zara’s owner Cindy Iannucci was also grateful and thanked the firefighters at the scene. They almost had to be called back – Zara tried to run back toward the edge as soon as she was back.