To talk to easily startled animals, only let your char with pet pal approach it. Any other character will scare it into running.
For backstabbing, look at the enemies head. Back of the head when he's facing neutral is the place to backstab. If this is too hard you can also look at the feet. When his/her feet are staggered, look for the back foot. That's the area you want be at for backstab.
It's only a pixel hunt if you don't notice the pattern
