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A dog who fell off a 90ft cliff has miraculously survived after it swam to safety when it landed in water.
Penny the spaniel was walking with her owner at Old Harry Rocks in Dorset yesterday when she went over the edge.
She fell to the right of the popular beauty spot but swam round the rocks and sat at the base of the cliff waiting to be rescued.
Coastguard officers from Swanage were called out but decided to call in the local lifeboat as it would be safer than deploying a rope technician to the base of the cliff.
A miracle: Penny the spaniel miraculously survived at 90ft fall off a cliff when walking with her owner
She was walking at Old Harry Rocks in Dorset (pictured) yesterday when she went over the edge
The dog's collar and lead were lowered down the cliff to the lifeboat crew to help capture and calm the dog, while the coastguard team monitored the situation from the top of the cliff.
Incredibly the dog was a little cold and shaken by her ordeal but otherwise seemed well.
Although Penny came away relatively unscathed, she did have a bump which is a suspected bruise.
After her terrifying fall, she was 'very glad' to be reunited with her owner once she had been rescued and was taken to a local vet to be checked over.
Lifeboat staff said it was good that she fell on right hand side of the rocks as there is water there, whereas the left-hand side is a beach.
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