A HOLIDAYMAKER has told of the incredible moment that a dog came to them for help after its owner found himself in trouble.

A group of visitors at Seadown Holiday Park in Charmouth were sat outside their caravans and chatting when a worried dog ran over to them.

Peter Weait, 80, from Reading, was amongst the group and he shared his story with the News.

He said: “This dog kept worrying us and wandering around. Eventually, one of the women that I was with managed to get hold of it by luring it in with a biscuit.

“She tried to take it round the caravan site to see who’s it was, but the dog kept pulling her across the fields, so she followed and then all of a sudden she started shouting for help.”

Amazingly, the dog had led the woman to his owner who, according to Mr Weait, had ‘become stuck after falling down a bank and into the river.’ The River Char meanders along the edge of the caravan park and is a popular location amongst walkers and those trying their hand at a spot of fishing.

At the same time that the group called for help from the holiday park reception, another person from across the other side of the river had also done the same.

Mr Weait said: “The dog had got us over there to get the owner out. I don’t know how long he was in the river, but someone got a ladder and managed to get the man out. It only took around four or five minutes for the dog to show my friend where its owner was.”

He praised the dog, which he described as looking like a cockapoo or labradoodle, branding it ‘amazing,’ adding: "It was amazing what the little dog did – he got us there."

It is understood that a worker from the holiday park pulled the man out of the river – with Mr Weait describing him as ‘the star of the show.’ The rescued man is believed to have recovered quickly and that the ambulance service was not called following the incident.

Seadown Holiday Park was approached by the News to comment on the incident but declined to do so.