A DOG and his owner were rescued after getting stuck on a Swanage cliff.

The Swanage and St Albans Coastguard Rescue Teams were sent to a report of a person and dog stuck on the Down at Swanage at 11am this morning.

A member of the public had walked into the National Coastwatch Institute lookout at Peveril Point to report their friend had gotten stuck having gone down the cliff to get his dog Rodney.

The team arrived to find the male from the Reading area about 10 metres down the cliff alone with his dog Rodney.

A cliff technician was deployed to stabilise the man from falling, before rescuing the dog and his owner.

A spokesman for Swanage Coastguard Rescue Team urged dog walkers to be careful near cliff edges.

He said: “Please keep dogs on leads near cliff edges and never try and rescue a dog should it go over the cliff - call 999 and ask for Coastguard.”