If you can save one dog or cat you are an angel. They are truly gifts from God…🙏🙏
What a huge heart you have❤️

Mario Rodriguez absolutely loves pit bulls. So when his wife recently told him about Hickory, a smiley 2-year-old dog on the [K.I.L.L] list at Animal Care Centers of NYC (ACC), Rodriguez fell in love right away. He wanted to adopt him — and knew there probably wasn’t much time left.

But there was just one problem. Rodriguez, a truck driver, was 2,800 miles away for work in California. So he did what any animal lover would; He dropped everything…
Rodriguez contacted his employer and, luckily, they were very accommodating and scheduled a delivery route that would take him to New York. He called the shelter to let them know he was coming, and then he was off.

After six long days on the road, Rodriguez arrived at the Brooklyn ACC shelter on August 20. He was finally going to meet his new family member in person after driving 2,800 miles.
It was love at first sight… Rodriguez was so overjoyed — and Hickory was too.

Beautiful 🐶 dog!!!

Rodriguez filled out the adoption paperwork, and it wasn’t long before the two pals were on the road again. Hickory hopped right up into the truck, and they set off for Rodriguez’s home in Georgia.
There, Hickory got to meet his new family, including his two pit bull brothers, Cooper and Angel. Hickory seemed shy at first toward them, but after a few minutes the three took off running together in the lawn and started playing.

This man is so awesome!!!

Hickory also went to the family’s vet, where he was given some [me.dici.ne] for a slight respiratory [in.fect.ion] he may have caught from another dog at the shelter.
After some tasty food and with a loving family by his side, Hickory didn’t take long to settle in. He even took to Rodriguez’s young grandson, who is very used to dogs by now.

But above all, Rodriguez is clearly Hickory’s favorite person. Knowing Rodriguez had to hit the road again soon for work, the family came up with the idea to have Hickory become his dad’s copilot.
So far, he’s loving life on the road.

At night, Rodriguez takes the truck’s full-sized bed, and Hickory has his own dog bed.
On the road, Rodriguez and Hickory are making so many great memories together. And even more, Rodriguez is saving one cent for each mile they travel to donate toward covering adoption fees for other at-risk dogs at shelters.

When Rodriguez can retire in around five or six years, he wants to fulfill his dream of starting his own pit bull rescue. But for now, it’s just him, Hickory and the open road.
They’ve already earned a ton of admirers along the way.

Thank you kind sir for adopting him and giving him a lot of love and hugs n kisses too plus a bed of his own plus a new life and family
God Bless you and your new family member Amen 🙏🙏🙏

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