"the cows were happy and friendly": is "親しい" the right word?


I am writing an email to my friends, about a trip. We went walking by a field
and the cows came over and were happy to be petted. I want to say "the cows
were happy and friendly" but the word I have in my notes is 親しい which seems to
be for a close friend, and the word "intimate" is used. The cows were not
_that_ friendly ;-)

Seriously, is there another word I can use? Like the equivalent of "good-
natured" perhaps?




I guess you could use the word 人{ひと}なつこい。 You can use it when referring to a
friendly dog (towards people) so I guess it could be applied to cows too.




I guess you could use the word 人{ひと}なつこい。 You can use it when referring to a
friendly dog (towards people) so I guess it could be applied to cows too.

