A stray dog who continually tried stealing from a Dollar General is now stealing hearts across the country.

Animal control officers were sent to a Dollar General in North Carolina after a stray dog repeatedly tried stealing a certain stuffed animal from the toy aisle. Workers at the Kenansville store told animal control officers that the one-year-old lab mix would enter the store every time a customer would exit.

“He went straight for the unicorn, the same one every time,” Joe Newburn, a supervisor at Dublin County Animal Services told PEOPLE.

Samantha Lane, the officer who responded to the call, was so moved by the dog’s determination to the purple unicorn that she decided to buy it for him. According to Newburn, the stray was very content once he had the $10 toy and left willingly with Lane.

Lane took the dog to a Duplin County Animal Shelter where he was given the name Sisu after the dragon from Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon.

“The only thing we can think is that he came from a home where he had a similar stuffed animal or kids in the home did,” Newburn told PEOPLE.

The shelter quickly posted Sisu’s story with a picture of him cuddling the unicorn to their Facebook page which quickly went viral. To see the post, click HERE.

Sisu was adopted one day later and his unicorn buddy will be following him to his new home, according to animal services.