UPS driver adopts shelter dog who hopped into his truck
Ernie picked the right UPS truck to jump into one morning in October.
The pitbull-terrier mix had been living in the animal shelter in Buffalo, New York, for two months, and was on a walk with volunteer Cindy Grisanti. Suddenly, he made a beeline for Jason Coronado's UPS truck. Coronado was on his 10-minute break, and invited Ernie inside the vehicle. The dog didn't hesitate, jumping in and making himself comfortable, sidling up to Coronado. "After quite a few snuggles, I tried to get him out to continue our walk, but it definitely took some doing," Grisanti told The Dodo. "He wanted to stay in the truck with his new friend."
In the days after they parted ways, Coronado couldn't get the lovable pup out of his mind, and when he saw on social media last month that Ernie was still at the shelter, he had a talk with his family, and they decided to adopt him. Ernie now spends his day lounging around Coronado's house, and loves curling up on laps and eating treats. "He's very joyful," Coronado said. "I'm upset I didn't take him home earlier."
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Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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