This dog may be blind, but neither he nor his adoptive owner is letting his lack of eyesight hold him back. With the support of his canine sibling, who has become his “tiny bodyguard,” the trio embarks on intrepid adventures across the United Kingdom, even hiking the mountains of Snowdonia. Amos, a Staffordshire cross, was born in an animal shelter after his mother was rescued by Cheshire Dogs Home, Warrington, in 2017. Blind at birth, Amos was one of only three survivors from a litter of eight, and quickly stole the heart of his foster carer. Shelter volunteer and foster carer Jess Martin, 29, recalls vets suggesting that the “kindest thing to do” would be to remove Amos’s eyes later in life. “His retinas were detached,” Jess told Cheshire Live, “and whilst there was an operation to reattach them, it would have been like putting a plug in a faulty socket.” …
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