- How do I buy a dog? / What is a dog slot?
- What should I know to Breed my dogs?
- How do I feed/play with/groom my dog? How do I raise it's mood/happiness/health? Why can't I _____ with my dog?
- How do I train my dog?
- What about other items like accessories, backgrounds, and companions?
- How do I enter my dog in an agility trial?
- Uh oh! My dog got injured!
- Do I need to take my dog to the vet?
- What will happen to my dogs when I am away? Is there a vacation mode I can set?
- Why should I upgrade my account? / Do I HAVE to upgrade to play?
health: feeding, grooming, vaccinations, and the refill at 12:00am server time.
mood/happiness: toys, grooming, breeding.
energy: grooming, feeding, and the refill at 12:00am server time.
hunger: 0 (or negative!) is the best, 10 is the hungriest. Dogs with greater hunger can lose weight and become emaciated, while dogs constantly at "0" can gain weight.
If your dog doesn't show up in the "actions" part of your inventory, this means your dog doesn't need that item!
For example:
- If it doesn't show up for food, it's not hungry.
- If it doesn't show up for grooming, the dog doesn't need to be groomed.
- If it doesn't show up for toys, the dog is fully happy and doesn't want to play right now.
Also, dogs up for auction are "frozen in time", so you cannot interact with them. If you place an accessory/background/companion on them, you will not be able to take it off!
The trick to placing well in trials is training, and entering trials that feature objects your dog's training excels in. A dog's score is based on it's personality (dogs with too much energy and/or not enough focus for example will do slightly worse) and it's ability in each object that is featured in the trial. Trials run every 10 minutes until there are at least 5 entrants, then it will run in the next 5 minute increment (e.g. 5th entrant enters at 1:22, trial will run at 1:25). Scores are released multiple ways as soon as the trial processes. A log will be on your dog's page under the log section, you will receive a message if the dog placed in the top 3 with how much reward money you earned (you earn more money the better your dog scores, i.e. the better your dog's training is, to simulate higher level agility trials in real life with larger pots), and you'll also be able to see the last 30 placings on the "placings" page, which a link can be found to on your dog's page. You can also view the trial entries waiting for more entrants via a link on your dog's page. Placing in trials gives your dog a slight chance at perfecting a personality skill, or earning skill in a trial object training area.