{"id":12015,"date":"2025-04-09T07:49:42","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T07:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scenicwhispers.com\/?p=12015"},"modified":"2025-04-09T07:49:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T07:49:42","slug":"man-drives-2800-mil%d0%b5s-t%d0%be-save-pit-b%d5%bdll-from-being-euthaniz%d0%b5d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scenicwhispers.com\/archives\/12015","title":{"rendered":"Man Drives 2,800 Mil\u0435s T\u043e Save Pit B\u057dll From Being Euthaniz\u0435d"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class='\"entry-header\"'>\n<p>&nbsp;\n</p><div class='\"entry-content\"'>\n<p>Mario Rodr\u00edguez, a truck driver, fell in love with a smiling pit bull named Hickory after seeing his photo. Hickory was on the euthanasia list at a New York shelter, and Mario, who had grown up with pit bulls, was determined to save him. Despite working in California, Mario arranged his truck route to pick up Hickory.\n</p><div class='\"code-block' code-block-1>\n<div data-type='\"_mgwidget\"' data-widget-id='\"1756042\"'>\n\n<div class='\"code-block' code-block-1>\n<figure class='\"wp-block-image' size-full><img decoding='\"async\"' class='\"wp-image-10188\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/currentnews-foryou.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2025%5C/03%5C/image-258.png%5C%22" alt='\"\"'>\n<p>Driving over 4,000 km, Mario kept in touch with the shelter, ensuring Hickory was still alive. When they finally met, Hickory was overjoyed, wagging his tail and showering Mario with kisses. Back home, Hickory quickly bonded with Mario\u2019s two other pit bulls.\n<figure class='\"wp-block-image' size-full><img decoding='\"async\"' class='\"wp-image-10189\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/currentnews-foryou.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2025%5C/03%5C/image-259.png%5C%22" alt='\"\"'>\n<p>When Mario had to return to work, Hickory became his co-pilot, joining him on the road and enjoying pit stops at parks and farms.\n</p><div class='\"code-block' code-block-1>\n<div data-type='\"_mgwidget\"' data-widget-id='\"1756042\"'>\n\n<figure class='\"wp-block-embed' is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio>\n<div class='\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"'><iframe loading='\"lazy\"' title='\"Guy' drives miles to rescue a pit bull the dodo pittie nation src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.youtube.com%5C/embed%5C/BWs6K5Fb6tk?feature=oembed%5C%22" width='\"720\"' height='\"405\"' frameborder='\"0\"' allowfullscreen='\"allowfullscreen\"' data-mce-fragment='\"1\"'>\n\n<p>Now, Hickory sleeps in a dog bed inside the truck, and Mario and Hickory are inseparable. Their bond is unbreakable, and they share many adventures together.\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"</p><p>&nbsp; Mario Rodr\u00edguez, a truck driver, fell in love with a smiling pit bull named Hickory after seeing his photo. Hickory was on the euthanasia list at a New York &hellip; \n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12016,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scenicwhispers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scenicwhispers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scenicwhispers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scenicwhispers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scenicwhispers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12015"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/scenicwhispers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12017,"href":"https:\/\/scenicwhispers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12015\/revisions\/12017"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scenicwhispers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scenicwhispers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scenicwhispers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scenicwhispers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}</p></iframe></div></figure></div></div></figure></p></figure></div></div></div></div></header>