A four-year-old lost Logan Heights dog is getting a second chance at life after a lucky night involving crossing paths with a San Diego police officer three times.
"I'm not the biggest person in fate, but as I was driving over there I thought, 'If it's the same dog, if it's the same dog...I'll put a hold on it [at the shelter], and everything like that," said Officer Sam Cote who regularly patrols San Diego's central division.
New Year's Eve 2014, Officer Cote responded to a business in Logan Heights. The alarm had gone off alerting police to check on the property. Cote arrived to see a dog sitting on some stairs.
As he checked the perimeter of the business, the apparent abandoned dog followed him during the entire search.
"It was like having a K9 unit," he remembered.
Turns out, it was a false alarm. Officer Cote left, leaving the dog and the business. However, about an hour later, he said, "She was at 19th and Imperial by the northbound 5 on-ramp just running around the middle of the road. It actually scared the heck out of me."
The dog ended up making it to the other side of the road, and Officer Cote, once again, continued on with this night.
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Then, two hours later, his sergeant called saying someone in the area had captured a lost dog. Officer Cote said he couldn't ignore that sign.
Turns out, that dog was indeed the one he had crossed paths with numerous times that evening.
He brought her to a nearby shelter and told them if no one claimed her after a week, he would adopt her.
That's what ended up happening. He and his wife have named her Sadie. They say she gets along very well with their first dog, Lux.
Officer Cote told NBC 7 he wanted to share his story to show to the public, underneath the uniform, police officers are regular people too.
