WATCH: Boy sneaks into neighbor's garage to hug dog

PIERRE PART, LA – It's a sweet gesture by a repeat offender that is making millions smile across the internet.

A Louisiana boy was caught on camera sneaking into his neighbor's garage to hug their dog, Dutchess. Surveillance camera shows the boy on his bike running into Hollie Mallet's garage, then quickly leaving.

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Mallet posted the video on her Facebook page asking people about the boy.

"Anyone know who this sweet little boy is? Every now and then when he rides his bike he will quickly come and love on my dog or play fetch real quick, but always leaves quick like he doesn't know if he should be here!" Mallet wrote. "I'd like to tell him he's welcome to stay and play, she loves the attention."

Attn Neighbors! Anyone know who this sweet little boy is? Every now and then when he rides his bike he will quickly come and love on my dog or play fetch real quick, but always leaves quick like he doesn't know if he should be here! I'd like to tell him he's welcome to stay and play, she loves the attention!

Posted by Hollie Breaux Mallet on Monday, May 30, 2016

People recognized the boy and brought his mother into the Facebook conversation.

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Ginger Clement Breaux, the boy's mother, said that her son, Josh, talked about the dog every day.

"I'm torn with my heart melting that he adores so much and with feeling upset that his little booty shouldn't be going on someone's property without permission or without me knowing," Breaux wrote.

Breaux revealed in a reply that her family used to have a dog.

"We had our dog, Bella, since Josh was 2, but she passed away last year," she said. "Things have been busy, and Josh is active with after school activities, so we have not jumped back into taking on the responsibility of starting all over again with a new pup quite yet. It will happen though!"

The Facebook video has been viewed more than 2.5 million times with many people commenting on how sweet Josh is.

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"Aww! That makes my heart happy!" Sheri Theriot Tramonte wrote.

"The absolute sweetest thing ever!" Sandy Blanchard wrote.

"That's the cutest thing ever!!!" Lacey S. White said.

Mallet said she hopes Josh continues to come over and play with Dutchess.

"A dog is a friend for life," Mallet said.