A PUPPY with special needs is searching for a loving home with someone who can devote time, energy and financial support to caring for him.

Chester was found by a member of the public and taken to a Bishop Auckland veterinary practice with a suspected head injury.

The tiny black labrador cross-breed is fighting his way back to fitness and has regained his sight, so staff at Wilson Veterinary Group want to see the ten-week-old find a new home.

Nurse Penny Blythe said: "He is lovely but will be a lot of work. Whoever takes him needs to give a lot of time and patience and not to be taking him out of pity.

"It needs to be someone who can financially afford to look after him as there is a risk he could be epileptic and need further treatment.

"We are confident that he will recover well but he is a little bit backward, walks topsy-turvy and gets exhausted easily, so a house with an indoor kennel and no young children would be best.

"Experience with dogs would be good but temperament and love are the things he needs most."

Anyone interested can talk to the staff at Paul Wilson Veterinary Surgeon, Tenters Street, on (01388) 602707.