Sign up to the free MyBury newsletter to get the best stories direct to your inbox A blind dog taken to the vets to be put down is now enjoying life as an autistic girl's best friend after undergoing pioneering surgery to save his sight.
Cocker spaniel Stevie - named after music legend Stevie Wonder - was moments from death because a breeder didn't want him anymore because of his limited eyesight.
The Dog's Trust charity agreed to take in the two-year-old pooch after being contacted by vets before he was adopted by 47-year-old Vickie Tatlow.
Vickie, of Whitefield, Manchester, said the addition of Stevie to her family helped completely transform the life of her autistic teenage daughter Tegan.
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