I just wanted to share with the community our funny "adventure":
We tried to pickpocket a sheep. It attacked us. We nearly died and had to flee the combat for fear of weresheep.
I had this exact same scenario today. My friend was off being 'productive' or whatever boring stuff people do when they're not wandering around talking to animals to get use out of the Pet Pal ability. I decided to sneak, then tried talking to a sheep not realizing I could pickpocket it, and it started chasing me. I ran around a building, and all his sheep allies began to get into the chase as well. My friend had to save me.