petted

He petted the donkey, and I put the name to the creature.

“Oh, that’s terrible! My cat, Chad, just loves to be picked up and petted and hugged! He’s really smart, too!”

Among their favorite activities are eating, grooming themselves, climbing, running, spinning, taking a nap and being petted.

He petted dogs and stroked kittens at animal shelters outside Donetsk.

The pixies petted her braids and whispered, “We sorry.”