Paramedics have rescued a kelpie pup after the working dog plunged 30 metres down a cliff on the NSW south coast.

A team of paramedics responded to the disaster by abseiling down the precipice to reach the helpless pooch on Tuesday afternoon.

NSW Ambulance inspector Faye Stockman said nine-month-old Max was rounding up sheep at Yerriyong when “he got a little too excited and slid off the edge of the cliff”.

“Our special operations paramedics who are trained in vertical rescue, abseiled down to Max before he was carefully loaded into a bag and hauled to safety,” she said on Wednesday.

Much to everyone’s amazement, the carefree canine survived the fall without a scratch.

“He’s a loved family pet so his owner was very relieved to see he wasn’t injured,” Ms Stockman said.

“We were thrilled to be able to reunite Max with his family.”

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