What's with people today bumping their post after it's only been like 5 minutes?
Maybe he didn't help you because the landscape was poor and he couldn't swoop down or land anywhere. Or, maybe, as Sauroken said, he just wondered why the hell you summoned him for one of the easiest opponents in the game and just flew off angrily.
Because people are impatient. Duh.
Anyhow OP, prolly one of the above stated reasons. I think it spawns in as a normal dragon, just friendly, and sometimes dragons say "Screw you, i'm goin home." and fly off wondering if they forgot to pick up bread at the supermarket.