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CINCINNATI (WXIX) - A Clermont County man was reunited with his best friend after his vehicle was stolen with his dog inside.

For about three days, James Lamb had been searching for his dog, Dobby, a grey French bulldog who was taken from him when a man stole his car Monday at a Red Roof Inn.

But on Thursday, Lamb and Dobby were reunited when someone found the small dog tied to a pole outside in the heat and took him to Cincinnati Animal CARE to get treatment.

According to the animal shelter, Dobby - renamed Pico de Gallo at the time - was experiencing signs of a heat stroke and was “on the edge of suffocation.”

"When Pico was rushed through our doors, our medical team moved fast. Ice packs were placed along his belly to pull do

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