A woman in Pierre Part, Louisiana named Hollie Mallet was checking her home security footage last month, and saw a kid running into her garage one day while the door was open.

But he wasn’t trying to steal anything.  He bikes into the driveway . . . hops off . . . sprints into the garage . . . and hugs her DOG . . . a black lab named Dutchess.

Then he runs back out, jumps on his bike, and takes off like he’s afraid he’ll get caught.

Hollie posted a 15-second video of it on Facebook, because she wanted to know who he was, and it’s been blowing up the last couple days.

It turns out he’s a nine-year-old named Josh Breaux who lives in the neighborhood.  His mom got in touch with Hollie after she saw the video.  She said he knows he’s not allowed to go on other people’s property, so that’s why he was so secretive about it.

And she was a little upset with him at first.  But he loves dogs, and THEIR dog died last year.  Meanwhile, Dutchess the dog can hang out outside or in the open garage, because Hollie has an electric fence

She says she told Josh he can by anytime now.  And his mom is also planning to get a new dog for him soon. (ABC News)