Sign up for the MyWigan newsletter for the biggest stories direct to your inbox Would-be guide dog Stella has morphed from a life-changer to a life-saver.
The Covid pandemic disrupted the beautiful Labrador retriever cross' training so much that she did not quite make the grade as an assistance dog.
But after learning about a chronic shortage of blood for dogs, her now owners Nicola and Lee Simpson volunteered her to step up as a blood donor. READ MORE:Rochdale AFC chairman hails 'bright future' after takeover collapse The couple, of Mosley Common Road, Tyldesley, had been boarding Stella during her training and were offered the option to keep her once the Guide Dogs charity deemed her unsuitable to continue.
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