[Oh, well, in that case... Passenger will lean down and give the pup a little pat on the head, before holding his hand out to let it sniff him. This is the opposite order of how you should do these things.]

I will admit, I was expecting it to be much stickier.

[Like, it's cake, there's some sticky there... but clearly he was expecting something else.]

Should it get messy, how will you bathe it? Am I right in assuming that water is not the solution?