It seems that every few months we’re treated to a story of a dog that manages to fall of a cliff and survive, and it’s usually a spaniel! Last summer saw two dogs fall of a cliff, one was saved by his collar and the other, the spaniel, fell off the same cliff twice.

This time a springer spaniel has fallen off a 300ft cliff into the sea while she was chasing a seagull. Don’t panic though, as this springer spaniel, named Poppy, is fine and was rescued by a lifeboat and its crew.

The incident happened in Newhaven, East Sussex, as one of the lifeboat members, Gavin Butcher, explained:

She was shivering – she was cold and nervous but apart from that she was as good as gold.

Myself and another crew member have both got springer spaniels ourselves so we were very relieved.

After falling 300ft off the cliff, and failing to catch the seagull, Poppy (more…)

Springer spaniel Oliver survived just over five weeks in the hills of Scotland.

12-year-old and partially deaf Oliver ran away from his owners and the three other family dogs during a walk close to Glen Etive in Scotland on the 24th February but was happily reunited with his owners on the 2nd April.

Oliver’s owner, Deborah Wyton told the BBC they had (more…)