I've heard of this as well. It's unfortunate people feel the need to cheat in a mobile game - and for what? A leader board spot and a pixelated banner? I'd rather STG just solves the issue of auto-clickers before making any changes to our pets - of course only if its possible and they have the resources to do so.
However, if there's no solution but to make this change, then we need the ability to toggle our pets from passive to aggressive. Passive so that I can still get the happiness bonus and accrue all of my PvE kills while kill-farming (not having to worry about my pet negating the kill count); and aggressive so that my pet can freely attack when I don't care about accruing PvE kills. We shouldn't have to suffer the consequences instilled by STG punishing the cheaters.
If all else fails, then I guess we're stuck with the original idea you posted. That would be a shame though for the people who play honestly, but at least it would put a stop to people cheating in this manner.
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