YOU SAID:
my cat hugged my dad and then cried
INTO JAPANESE
私の猫は私の父を抱きしめて泣いた
BACK INTO ENGLISH
my cat hugged my father and cried
INTO JAPANESE
私の猫は父に抱きついて泣いた
BACK INTO ENGLISH
my cat hugged my father and cried
That didn't even make that much sense in English.