Just an idea, but possibly when petting is released you could add a feature to it that forces third-person view and then it would play the guard's body checking animation. This would look enough like petting an animal!
Also, add cats, dogs, wolves etc. I don't mind the others but it's a bit... odd.
Not sure about that, seems to heavy handed to me :shrug:
Yes I will be adding more pets, I keep saying that but still get asked or it gets mentioned

That would be very welcome, every time I stop briefly when walking or running my pet will stop and not follow when it gets to where I paused.
Yeah I have had reports of that, not sure what the cause is :shrug: