I can see ewe 明確に now: Gwen the sheepdog 支援する at work after £1,750 cataract 操作／手術

By Andrew 徴収する for the Daily Mail
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After years of faithful work, Gwen the sheepdog was 軍隊d into 早期に 退職 after developing cataracts in both 注目する，もくろむs.?

But she became so depressed when her fellow sheepdogs went out to work that her owner decided to take 活動／戦闘.

農業者 Richard Little, 59, and his wife 告訴する, 54, made a 相当な dent in their 退職 貯金 and paid £1,750 for one of the growths to be 除去するd from the ten-year-old 国境 collie’s 権利 ey e in April.

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Inseparable: Richard Little dipped into 退職 貯金 to 支払う／賃金 for 操作／手術 that saved his faithful sheepdog's sight

Although they couldn’t afford the 操作／手術 for her other 注目する，もくろむ, she is now 支援する 一連の会議、交渉／完成するing up sheep in Kerdiston, 近づく Reepham in Norfolk.

‘We decided we could not 正当化する the expense of having the 操作／手術 on her left 注目する，もくろむ 同様に ? but she can still carry out many of her old 義務s,’ said Mr Little.

‘Gwen cannot see so 井戸／弁護士席 to the left and she cannot see 広大な／多数の／重要な distances, so we cannot ask her to gather the sheep in a large field ? but once we have got the sheep in a big bunch we can ask her to 停止する and pen them.

‘The 操作／手術 has brought Gwen 支援する to 存在 as happy a dog as she used to be.’

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Richard Little's sheep dog/boarder collie, Gwen is 支援する to work after having a cataract 除去するd from her 権利 注目する，もくろむ

Mr Little and his wife, a 主要な sheepdog trainer, first noticed something amiss when Gwen ? who has won cups in sheepdog 裁判，公判s in the past ? started losing 負わせる last year.

The cataracts formed as a 複雑化 of her 糖尿病 and Mr Little started leaving Gwen at home.

But she hated 存在 left behind when he went out with his other sheepdogs ? Taff, Jet, Bess and Meg ? to tend his 600 sheep on his 300 acres of land.

‘She was moping around and bumping into things in the house as her sight was so poor,’ said Mr Little.

‘You could notice a かなりの change in her demeanour.

‘If she was a human, she would have been 診断するd with 不景気. Sheepdogs live for their work and she was just desperate to get out. It was heartbreaking to see her like that.

‘We decided to had to use our 貯金 to 支払う／賃金 for her 外科. It 減ずるd our 退職 nest egg かなり but she was 価値（がある） it.

‘I have had Gwen since she was eight weeks old. She is a valued member of the family and an 絶対 必須の workmate for me.’

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