The animal control officer, who has a “soft spot for sad stories,” couldn’t bear to see the heartbroken puppy.

Sisu has not left the unicorn's side since it was purchased for him (Credit: Duplin County Animal Services Facebook)Īfter his fifth failed attempt, the store owner called the Duplin County Animal Services, who dispatched Samantha Lane to apprehend the 'thief.' When she arrived, Sisu was sitting in the store's parking lot eagerly awaiting his next chance to try to get his beloved unicorn. It was in the Easter section he went to that same unicorn and kept pulling it out,' Joe Newburn, a supervisor at Duplin County Animal Services, told People. 'He actually had to go through the whole store to get to that unicorn. Not deterred, Sisu made four more attempts, only to be gently shooed away by the vigilant employees each time. On his first attempt, he burst through the doors and made a beeline for the toy aisle, only to be caught by the staff. However, once he did, there was no stopping the pooch from trying to snag it from the shelf in the store. It is unclear how the adorable Labrador mix, now called Sisu, first caught sight of the love of his life.

The good news is that this unusual love story has a happy ending! In the case of a one-year-old stray puppy in Duplin County, North Carolina, that 'person' happened to be a bright purple stuffed unicorn at a local Dollar General store. The beauty of love is that it can happen with the most unexpected person in the most unlikely of places. Sisu, a stray Labrador mix, fell in love with a bright pink unicorn at a Dollar General store (Credit: Duplin County Animal Services Facebook)

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