Alex Hubert, 11, and sister Emily, 9, cuddle Border collie Jed, the family’s rescue dog, who needed rescuing again yesterday when a cliff-base scramble with owner Jean-Paul Hubert almost ended in disaster. Completing the welcome-home group is mum Laura Hubert. (Picture by Steve Sarre, 0546182)

A dog had to be rescued from the south coast cliffs yesterday.

Black and white Border collie Jed, 6, and house husband owner Jean-Paul Hubert, 32, had used a little-known path to get to the foot of cliffs between La Corbiere and La Prevote.

‘We go down there all the time. I went round the corner and realised he was missing. He was stuck in a crevice,’ said Mr Hubert, who lives in St Andrew’s. ‘I don’t know how he got up there – he scrambled up but could not scramble down. I told him to stay there. He was pretty disturbed at first but calmed down when I got near. He was about 30ft or 40ft up and the position he had got into there was a sheer drop. I feared for his life.’