In my opinion, when you pet, then treat them as a part of family rather than considering it just an animal. It is important to take care and help in their growth, a little careless may lead to unwanted consequences like aggressiveness or dullness.

None of us are here forever, so we should probably think about how we treat each other also.

This is an important lesson. People often miss out on this on each other. They are getting more into animal instinct than being a good human...Good to see the little pet mingling along nicely there.