softly - that's OK. 
I feel the same about large, smelly, crotch-invading dogs.
No, oddly enough I don't find it endearing when your dog forces his/her slobbering snout into my nether regions; jumps up and snags my brand-new Magic Secret control-top tights that cost fecking eight quid and ignores you completely when you tell it to stop in that ho-ho laughing voice that indicates that you find the whole rigmarole hilarious.
I like dogs. I just don't like those dogs.