SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – A dog that underwent the partial amputation of both of her back feet in March has found a home with a San Diego police detective who lost his leg in a motorcycle crash in Alpine nearly eight years ago, the San Diego Humane Society announced Tuesday.
Detective James “Chappie” Hunter fostered Chloe, a 9-year-old Shih Tzu, at his family’s Alpine home after she completed her three-month recovery at SDHS’s Escondido campus. Hunter and his family then decided to make Chloe’s stay permanent by adopting her.
Hunter was off duty when his motorcycle collided with a car on Alpine Boulevard near East Victoria Drive on the evening on June 16, 2013. He lost his left leg below the knee and spent a week at Sharp Memorial Hospital, then returned to work with a prosthetic leg after a year of recovery.
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