A LIFEBOAT crew have shared an amazing and heart-warming video of their early morning dash to save a dog from the sea off the North Wales coast.

The inshore lifeboat crew were paged at 9am on Bank Holiday Monday after the owner of a dog dialled 999 and spoke to HM Coastguard at Holyhead to say his dog was swimming out to sea off Rhyl.

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Images from the rescue video shared by Rhyl Lifeboat team

The spaniel had been chasing seagulls and would not turn back.

There was a chance the owner would enter the sea to try to rescue his pet, so the crew were called into action.

The lifeboat was launched observing coronavirus rules within 11 minutes of the call, together with the volunteers of Rhyl Coastguard rescue team.

Initial reports said that the dog was off the old Suncentre site to the East of the station at Rhyl, but the owner updated the coastguards saying that the dog was actually off the new SC2 site to the west.

The lifeboat turned round and sped to the scene, directed by the coxswain at the boathouse over the station radio.

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Rhyl Lifeboat crew. Image: DLPO Don Jackson-Wyatt

The dog was soon located, brought onboard the lifeboat, and returned to his grateful owner.

Martin Jones, RNLI Coxswain for Rhyl’s RNLI Lifeboat, said: "There was initial worry the owner would attempt to rescue the dog, but on the coastguard’s advice, remained on the beach, keeping the dog in sight. We are so happy the animal and its owner are reunited."