Royal National Lifeboat Institution volunteers sprang into action when they received a call about a dog that had tumbled over a seawall in Cockenzie, Scotland.

Upon arrival, the decision was made to send a crew member ashore to the rocks to try and catch the dog.

Helm Neil Chalmers explained: "We arrived to find the dog apparently uninjured but stranded among the rock armour boulders at the base of the sea wall. A crew member swam ashore as it was too rough to get the boat close to the rocks. After gaining the dog's trust, we were able to secure a lead on the dog and use the coastguard’s dog rescue pouch to hoist it back to safety."

Chalmers commended the dog’s owners for calling for help rather than attempting a rescue themselves. He added, "The dog’s owners did exactly the right thing by calling for help rather than attempting to rescue the dog themselves."

This footage was filmed and produced 11 March 2024.

Kinghorn RNLI Lifeboat’s volunteer crew sprang into action on March 11 morning to rescue a stranded spaniel dog at the former Cockenzie Power Station.

The UK Coastguard received a distress call around 9am reporting a dog in the water after it had tumbled over the seawall at the power station site. The fire service and North Berwick coastguard rescue team were already on the scene, but requested the assistance of the lifeboat crew.

Upon arrival, the decision was made to send a crew member ashore to the rocks to try and catch the dog. Helm Neil Chalmers explained, ‘We arrived to find the dog apparently uninjured but stranded among the rock armour boulders at the base of the sea wall. A crew member swam ashore as it was too rough to get the boat close to the rocks. After gaining the dog's trust, we were able to secure a lead on the dog and use the coastguard’s dog rescue pouch to hoist it back to safety.’

Chalmers commended the dog’s owners for calling for help rather than attempting a rescue themselves. He added, ‘The dog’s owners did exactly the right thing by calling for help rather than attempting to rescue the dog themselves.’