The Sims 4: Cats & Dogs

The Sims 4: Cats & Dogs is the fourth expansion pack for The Sims 4. It was announced on August 21, 2017 at Gamescom and was released worldwide on November 10, 2017. It is a spiritual successor to The Sims: Unleashed, The Sims 2: Pets, and The Sims 3: Pets. The expansion reintroduces cats, dogs, and raccoons, as well as new features such as foxes and a vet clinic business which Sims can experience in the new world of Brindleton Bay.

Official description
Life is better with Cats & Dogs Create a variety of cats and dogs, add them to your Sims’ homes to forever change their lives and care for neighborhood pets as a veterinarian with The Sims™ 4 Cats & Dogs. The powerful new Create A Pet tool lets you personalize cats and dogs, each with their own unique appearances, distinct behaviors, and for the first time, expressive outfits! These wonderful, lifelong companions will change your Sims’ lives in new and special ways. Treat animal ailments as a veterinarian and run your own clinic in a beautiful coastal world where there’s so much for your Sims and their pets to discover.


 * KEY FEATURES

Create cats and dogs. Use the powerful Create A Pet tool to customize your Sims’ perfect cats, dogs, puppies and kittens. Choose from a variety of breeds, give them distinct personalities and directly manipulate their features. Easily personalize their coats with unique patterns to create your real-life pets, dream pets or something more fanciful. For the first time, complete their looks with expressive outfits and accessories.

Bond with your pets. Experience the companionship and fun that furry friends bring to your Sims’ lives. Cats and dogs have minds of their own and form special relationships with Sims based on their daily interactions. Your Sims care for, train and play games with their pets who all exhibit distinct and sometimes bizarre animal behaviors.

Become a vet and run a clinic. Build a veterinary clinic, hire a dedicated staff and further your career as the town’s most promising animal doctor. You’re in control of daily operations from the services offered to what you charge. Your Sims can diagnose and cure pets with critical surgeries or treat fleas and other afflictions with simple medications.

Explore Brindleton Bay. Discover the coastal shores of Brindleton Bay, a new world where your Sims and their pets can live and enjoy outdoor activities. Play fetch near the harbor docks, take a walk to the lighthouse or visit a park to set up an obstacle course and meet other pet-loving locals. Be on the lookout for stray pets that your Sims can take in as their own.

New additions
New Objects New Lot Assignment New Traits
 * Robot vacuum cleaner
 * Bay window seats
 * Food stalls
 * Pet toy box
 * Cat condos
 * Scratch posts
 * Litter box
 * Self-cleaning litter box
 * Pet food bowls
 * Automatic pet feeder
 * Vet crafting table
 * Pet exam table
 * Pet surgery station
 * Medicine vending machine
 * Pet obstacle courses
 * Mouse hole
 * Vet clinic
 * Cat Lover
 * These Sims tend to make cats their companions, preferring the company of cats to other Sims.


 * Dog Lover
 * These Sims love to be near dogs. They will gain relationships faster with dogs and socialize with dogs more than the average Sim.

New Radio Station New Skills New Aspiration New Collectibles
 * Singer-Songwriter
 * Pet Training
 * Veterinarian
 * Friend of the Animals (Animal) - This Sim wants to be friends with the animals.
 * Acquaintance of the Animals - Have a pet in your household · Be friends with 1 animal · Be friendly with animals 12 times
 * Friend of the Animals - Be friends with 5 animals · Be companions with 1 animal · Successfully train out 2 misbehaviors
 * Best Friend of the Animals - Be companions with 2 animals · Feel the love 5 times · Succesfully train out 4 misbehaviors
 * BFF of the Animals - Play with 2 different ghost pets · Feel the love with 8 different pets · Be friends with 12 animals at the same time
 * Reward trait: Animal Whisperer - It is easier to Train and Discipline animals as well as gain relationship with them faster.
 * Feathers
 * Plants
 * Catnip
 * Madnip
 * Napnip
 * Nuzzlenip

Trivia

 * Just like the previous two expansion packs for The Sims 4, Cats & Dogs does not include a new playable life state.
 * Neutering/Spaying and un-neutering/un-spaying pets is possible.
 * This is the first expansion pack that lets the player create foxes and raccoons in Create a Pet. They are considered breeds for dogs and cats, respectively, but with (optionally) different voices.
 * This is the first pack for The Sims 4 to include a premade same-sex couple living in its bundled world.
 * Unlike The Sims 3: Pets, pets are not controllable and unlike The Sims 2: Pets, there is no cheat to make them controllable.
 * However, there is a mod that can make them controllable and see their needs and family trees. Albeit in an incomplete state (most moodlets and trait lack icons or text while many interactions have duplicated names).
 * This mod only changes a few lines of code, showing that at one point pets were planned to be controllable by the player or were used for debug purposes.
 * Unlike the previous pets expansion packs, Cats & Dogs does not features pet houses.

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Alternative

 * Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness - Walking in My Sleep
 * Baio - The Key Is Under The Mat
 * Middle Kids - Mistake

Pop

 * Grace VanderWaal - Moonlight
 * Hey Violet - All We Ever Wanted
 * Josephina - Woosah
 * Cailin Russo - Famous
 * Saving Forever - Always In My Mind

Singer-Songwriter

 * Gordi - On My Side
 * Jade Bird - Something American
 * Van William - Cosmic Sign
 * Jenny O. - Cheer Up Free Your Mind
 * The Shoaks - Zoe Bwoozip