A San Diego police officer who became an amputee in 2013 gained a kindred spirit when he adopted a 9-year-old Shih Tzu who is an amputee, too. Detective Chappie Hunter of the San Diego Police Department lost his left leg in a motorcycle crash, and when he returned to work, he had a prosthetic leg. On March 6, the San Diego Humane Society rescued two severely abused dogs from a home in Mira. The former owner had bound both dogs’ legs to stop them from scratching and licking—but had bound them so tightly that it had cut off blood circulation. After the animals were removed from the home, Humane Society veterinarian Dr. Seth Mathus Ganz performed surgery on the animals. Sadly, the Shih Tzu, named Chloe, had to have both of her hind feet partially amputated. Her counterpart, a 13-year-old Chihuahua named Roxy, had one of her hind legs removed, …