Delivery Driver Drops Off Package for Dog Owner—Forgets One Important Thing

A small dog captured on camera apparently begging a delivery driver to throw the ball for him has captured hearts across the internet.

Jack Russell terrier Duncan lives in New Jersey with his owner Michael Crowe, 35, and like many dogs is a big fan of playing fetch.

And when Crowe got a message alerting him that a package he ordered had been delivered, he quickly noticed Duncan in the photo, gazing up at the driver with a hopeful face, a tennis ball in his mouth, as he seemed to ask the delivery person to play with him.

Crowe decided the photo belonged on Reddit’s “Aww” sub, dedicated to all things cute, where close to 4,000 people upvoted the adorable snap posted by his account Losdangles24. And, speaking to Newsweek, Crowe admitted Duncan would “carry a ball to anyone he sees.”

“When I bring Duncan to the dog park, he enjoys fetching the tennis ball and then carrying it back to strangers (other dog owners), and they can’t resist but throw it for him. He will do this in any setting. He also brings his ball to our sprinkler repairman, landscaper, etc.” said Crowe.

He explained that as soon as Duncan heard the delivery driver open the gate to their home to drop off the package, “he ran into his room to fetch the ball, then ran outside to the deck,” and by the time he got outside the driver had dropped off the package and was taking the photo.

Reddit users loved Duncan’s snap, with one joking: “If he’s anything like my dog that photo could have been taken after the ball was thrown a hundred times.”

Another user agreed: “You could throw the ball a hundred times for my pup, and you’d still get that look when you tried to leave.”

And one, who works as a delivery driver, said if they’re out for a delivery and a “dog brings me a ball, I’m chucking it.”

Crowe said he instantly knew he had to share the “hilarious” photo on Reddit as he himself “loves seeing animal and dog posts from other people.”

“I also know how cute Duncan is and how much people enjoy pics of him,” he said. “I thought it was so funny that the delivery picture captured the perfect timing of Duncan right next to the package.”

Adding that he “didn’t intend it to seem like the delivery driver did anything wrong,” he said “if the driver stayed and threw the ball 99 times, Duncan would be just as upset when they wouldn’t throw it the 100th” time.

Duncan joined the family in 2022, after they lost their senior Jack Russell, Griffin, and Crowe said Duncan is like a “reincarnation” of their late dog, who “would gladly play with the ball until he collapses.”

As well as 2-year-old Duncan, Crowe also has mixed-breed rescue pup Rooster, Duncan’s younger sister.

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