Saved: Dobby cheated death when she fell halfway down a cliff thanks to a bleating sheep (Picture: BNPS)

A miracle dog that plummeted 250ft off the edge of a cliff was saved after two days when a bleating sheep came to his rescue.

One-year-old black Labrador Dobby was feared dead after falling off the cliff top at Eype, near West Bay in Dorset.

Owners Holly Chugg Jones and Julian Light had returned to their Bristol home after a search found no sign of her and had given up hope of seeing her again.

She was miraculously saved when rescuers responded to reports of a woman calling for help that turned out to be the bleating of sheep raising the alarm.




Despite plummeting 250ft in the fall and going two days without food or water, the dog appeared to be none the worse from her ordeal.

‘We had decided on an impromptu camping trip to the coast over the bank holiday and were enjoying an evening walk when Dobby chased after a sheep,’ explained owner Holly.

‘We saw the flock stop, but Dobby didn’t come back when we called her.

‘Julian went to have a look and said to me “I think she’s gone over the cliff”.’

Beauty spot: West Bay in Dorset (Picture: Google)

She added: ‘The coastguards were there within 15 minutes but it was getting dark and so we had to go back to the campsite although I didn’t want to leave

‘On Monday evening we had no choice but to drive home without her which was heart-wrenching.’

However the couple were reunited with Dobby when they received an unexpected call inform them that their pet dog had been found.

Holly said: ‘Words can’t describe the relief we felt, it was incredible.

‘We jumped straight in the car and returned to the coast to get her.’