Thank you very much for your feedback! I'm glad you enjoyed the game.
I would be interested in knowing more about the glitches you are talking about.
What I know for sure is that what you describe as self love is normal haha. The pet, when he has at least one baby around him, and after some time without you having reachable target around you (more specifically at the exact time the timer for the attack cooldown ticks), the pet will express its happiness for being outside with its kind friends / family.
And yeah the animation is making you unable to move at this time, I think I'll remove that anyway, at least I'll make it cancelable. It's the same kind of animation you have at home with the pet, where you cannot do anything more at the same time.
Sometimes, against the gunners and their blue repel shields, the pet can seem to behave strangely. That could be because you are too far away from him, split away by the enemy shield. FYI the pet, the player character, and the babies are using the physics engine to interact with each others. With the leash on top of that it's really difficult to avoid strange behaviors! :)
I'll try to fix them, if you could give me more details about your weird experiences haha ;)
Thanks!