I agree. I hug Mickey all the time and I pet the birds too. I think I would go crazy if one of them left me.

When my moms dog (who stayed at my grandmothers house) was getting sicker and sicker, each time we would leave my grandmothers house I would give her a kiss and a big hug in case she passed away while we weren't over at the house. When we got the call that she had passed on, it was the saddest thing. But at least I said a goodbye.