Watch: RNLI rescue dog stranded on cliff after chasing ball
Ember, a light brown spaniel, became stranded in Moelfre, Wales after following a ball over a rocky outcrop to a spot from which she couldn't escape.
The dog's owner rushed into the lifeboat station nearby and asked for help, and two RNLI crew kitted in drysuits and life jackets came to the rescue.
Members of the public reported hearing the dog barking, but couldn't see the stranded pup due to the inaccessible location.
Crew members found Ember by swimming to the cliff, before climbing up the rock face and onto the ledge toward the trapped dog, who was barking in distress.
After coaxing the dog toward them, the crew eventually were able to put her on a lead and swim through the sea with her to safety before she was reunited with her owner.
Vince Jones, the Moelfre RNLI coxswain, said: 'As we entered the water near the cliff, we could hear the dog yapping away.
'Where the spaniel was trapped, it would have been inaccessible from the cliff top, so, kitted in our drysuits and life jackets, we entered the water and made our way onto the ledge.
'After a few moments of talking to Ember, she seemed to calm down and we were able to get a lead on.
'It was great to then reunite the spaniel with her owner. The owner did the right thing by coming to the lifeboat station and alerting us. Our advice is to never go in after your pet and to call 999 and ask for the Coastguard. Always keep them on lead when near the edge of cliffs or piers.'
Lifeboat crews from Moelfre lifeboat station in Anglesey have been awarded 37 medals for gallantry, the highest accolade awarded by the institution and the equivalent of the Victoria Cross for bravery at sea.
Two of the gold medals were awarded to Coxswain Richard Evans, a Welsh lifeboatman who saved 281 lives and is one of only five men to be awarded the RNLI gold medal twice.
Mr Evans died in 2001, and in addition to his two RNLI gold medals, he was awarded the Thanks of the RNLI on Vellum, the RNLI bronze medal and the Queen's silver medal for gallantry at sea, and in 1969 he was awarded the British Empire medal.
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