Poppy the puppy has never seen the world around her clearly since she was born four months ago.

She has severe cataracts on both her eyes and relies on her owners and her mum Lola to guide her to food, drink or anywhere else she might need to go.

Lola acts as her "guide" dog and should she ever get too far away little Poppy will simply sit down and cry for her help.

Their owner, Nicola Wroe, is determined to ensure Poppy has a brighter future and is setting out to raise the £4,000 needed to operate on her eyes and hopefully restore as much of her sight as possible.

"We all love Poppy, she is such an amazing little character and as soon as we were told how bad her vision was we were determined to keep and try to help her," said Nicola.

When Lola, a boxer, was pregnant the vets told Nicola a scan had revealed four puppies.

But when Lola had to undergo an emergency caesarean the true size of her 11-puppy litter was revealed.

And because Lola could not feed them all, that meant a round-the-clock hand feeding rota for Nicola, of Falmouth Close, Monk Bretton.

Despite her efforts two of the puppies died, but the remaining nine were healthy and continued to thrive. It was only several weeks later that vet checks revealed Poppy was almost blind.