Clyde is totally blind and relies on his partner and fellow collie Bonnie to guide him everywhere. When they are together five-year-old Clyde seems as capable as a fully-sighted dog, but he refuses to move unless two-year-old Bonnie is nearby to guide him.

Bonnie and Clyde were rescued after being abandoned on a street in the middle of a storm three weeks ago. They were spotted running though the rain in Blundeston, Norfolk, and when their rescuer opened her car door they jumped in.

Waveney District Council placed the dogs, who have no identifying collars or chips, with the Meadow Green Dog Rescue in Loddon, Norfolk, but no owners have come forward to claim them. Sue Cootes, 59, who runs the shelter with her daughter, said it was incredible to see how Bonnie took care of Clyde. The Cootes family took over the rescue center five years ago and now look after 45 abandoned dogs.

She said: “She’s a little darling and he just follows her everywhere. It’s just instinctive with them to help each other and it’s marvellous to see animals doing this together.”

“Without Bonnie Clyde would be lost. They can’t be separated, we need someone to take them both on.”

And someone has … Clyde, the blind collie, and his partner Bonnie, who he uses as a guide dog, have found their happy ending in the form of a new home in the country. More than 500 people responded to an appeal for them to be rehomed together, looking to adopt the dogs.