Despite being poor and blind, this dog always has a loyal companion by their side.

Regardless of life serving the lovable Staffordshire bull terrier cross a merciless hand, his luck turned when he met Jess Martin.

The 27-year-old, who works in HR for Cheshire Hearth and Rescue service, volunteers on the rescue centre in her spare time and that’s the place she fell in love with Amos.

She realised that it will be tough to rehome a blind dog, and so determined to undertake Amos together with her companion Billy Howe, 27, in August final 12 months.

Nevertheless, she was cautious of how her border terrier, nine-year-old Toby, would react when he met his new brother.

It seems she needn’t have apprehensive.

The pair rapidly turned finest buds and Toby is now Amos’ unofficial information dog. He defends Amos from different canines, helps him discover his water bowl and protects him.

‘Toby was the most effective current I ever acquired,’ stated Jess.

‘He’s very unbiased, and he likes his personal area so we had been a bit involved to see how accepting he can be of Amos.

‘I believed it will be very tough to seek out an proprietor and whereas Amos was on medical look after 4 months, we determined to foster him in February final 12 months however after some time we realised we’d by no means give him again.

‘Initially Toby growled at him a couple of instances after which ignored him – Amos got here from a kennel so doesn’t know the way to socialise with different canines.

After a few days, I noticed that Amos couldn’t discover his water bowl and Toby nudged him and helped him out.’

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Amos needed to endure a watch operation to have his eyes eliminated, and now takes consolation in having his finest pal by his aspect.

The 2 prefer to exit on adventures collectively and if Amos wants assist, he’ll merely nudge Toby for help.

‘After we went out on walks Amos was very scared, particularly of the noises and Toby rapidly picked up that he wanted assist – so each time Amos was stopping, Toby would go and lie subsequent to him until he can be prepared.

‘They’ve developed a pleasant communication between them, they usually know one another’s boundaries.

‘Amos’s essential downside is that different canines don’t like him once they method him, clearly as a result of he can’t talk the identical approach, so he doesn’t produce other pals.

‘Amos continues to be a bit apprehensive when he’s outdoors in busy areas – that’s why all of us go on adventures so he can get used to the nice open air in a extra quiet setting.

‘Toby is all the time there to guard him – we name him his “bodyguard”.’

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