The Sims Pet Stories

The Sims Pet Stories is the second installment in the series The Sims Stories. Developed by Maxis and EA Games, the player must take on a variety of challenges as you compete for 1st place in a local pet show and learn to tame several pet personalities. The main characters from the series are Alice Whitt and Stephen Loyal.

The game was released on June 15 2007.

Features
The Sims Pet Stories challenges Sims to care for and train pets, similar to The Sims 2 Pets. Much like its predecessor, this game will be optimized for laptops and will feature both story and free play modes. Players can also raise and train pets, as with The Sims 2.

In this game, two new stories are introduced, Best in Show and Midnight Masquerade. The first story features Alice, a woman who faces financial problems and is about to lose her home, forcing her to enter her pet Dalmatian into a local dog show to earn enough money to save her house. The second story is about a successful executive chef named Stephen whose world is turned upside down when an obnoxious cat comes to live with him.

Characters in Best in Show
Best in Show is set in the neighborhood of Garden Heights. The entire town are avid fans of dogs and almost every resident owns one. Garden Heights features many pet based locations predominantly owned by local land baron, Diana DeBore.

The main character in Best in Show who lives in Garden Heights. She owns a Dalmatian named Sam and is facing eviction in two weeks if she fails to pay her debt of §120,000 to her landowner Diana DeBore. Therefore, she enters Sam in the local dog show in order to win the cash prize and pay off her debt.
 * Alice Whitt

Alice's pet Dalmatian. Despite his behavioral problems, he has the heart of a champion in him. Towards the end of the story, Sam wins the Garden Heights Dog Show and he and Lucy Jones have puppies together.
 * Sam Whitt

A greedy yorkie and philanthropist who is determined to evict Alice and tear down her house. She also happens to be the owner of the reigning champion of the dog show, Precious. Throughout the story, she takes pleasure in taunting Alice about the foreclosure. However, at the championship, Precious falls from an obstacle and is disqualified. Instead, Alice and Sam win the competition, and Diana is arrested for several convictions.
 * Diana DeBore

Diana's pet poodle who is the reigning champion of the Garden Heights Dog Show. At the end of the story, Precious fails a particular obstacle and is immediately disqualified allowing Alice and Sam to take the victory.
 * Precious DeBore

Alice's best friend. She provides moral support and advice to Alice throughout the story.
 * Amaya Flores

Amaya's pet dog.
 * Roscoe Flores

A mysterious man who is rumored to be a remarkable pet trainer. He is the master of "The Way of the Paw".
 * Otis Fielding

Otis' pet dog. He begins an unusual relationship with Sam when Alice learns "The Way of the Paw". Before the release of the game, he was called Milo.
 * Jake Fielding

A friend of Alice. They steadily develop a relationship throughout the story.
 * Thomas Jones

Thomas' pet dog. She and Sam Whitt get along well and have puppies at the end of the story.
 * Lucy Jones

One of Diana DeBore's henchmen. He is very loyal and is later defeated in a fight by Thomas Jones.
 * Reece Mustella

One of Diana DeBore's henchmen. Brock is not as loyal as Reece and secretly helps Alice register for the dog show. After Sam is kidnapped, he helps Alice find him and provides her with an obstacle needed to train Sam for the dog show finals.
 * Brock Thornton

Brock's pet cat. Won a fight against Meat Grinder sometime before the events of Best in Show.
 * Indie Thornton
 * Richard Martin

Retired dog show judge who moves to Garden Heights after Alice and Sam Whitt win the SimCity Dog Show championship. (Free Play)
 * Maggie Martin

Richard Martin's dog. Never competed. (Free Play)

Competitors in the Garden Heights Dog Show

 * Coach Grinder
 * Meat Grinder
 * Henry Beniz
 * Simon Beniz
 * Melissa Carter
 * Bruno Carter

Characters in Midnight Masquerade
Midnight Masquerade takes place in the desert neighborhood of Mesa Flats. The town annually hosts the Mesa Flats Midnight Masquerade, for which Stephen is tasked to prepare for during the story while looking after his cousin's pet cat.

The main character in Midnight Masquerade, who lives in Mesa Flats. He's an executive chef who promises to look after his cousin Celeste's pet cat, Diva, to make up for missing her wedding. Meanwhile he must prepare the catering and centerpiece for the annual Midnight Masquerade. During the course of the story, Stephen meets Rachel and Erin and dates both of them several times. Gordon Fetching, a mysterious newcomer to town is trying to steal both women and is constantly wrecking Stephen's dates and making his life a misery. At the end of the story, Gordon is arrested and Stephen is declared "King of the Midnight Masquerade". The player is then left with the option of which woman will be his Queen.
 * Stephen Loyal

The cat who moves in with Stephen. Diva causes mischief by scratching Stephens furniture and eating food off the counter, but ultimately turns out to be lovable.
 * Diva Loyal

Gordon is introduced as the best man of Damien, he is also the main antagonist of the story. He has a natural ability to attract women and is constantly ruining Stephen's dates. At the end of the story, he is revealed to be a con man from Arbor Falls and his last name is revealed to be "Schickel". After being declared "King of the Midnight Masquerade" Gordon and his henchman are arrested and Stephen is declared the new masquerade King.
 * Gordon Fetching

Gordon's henchman. He first appears during one of Stephen's dates and attacks (and is defeated by) James Briggs. At the Midnight Masquerade he sits on the rooftop and Stephen disguises himself as Gordon to beguile information from him.
 * Anthony Zilch

The owner of Diva and Stephen's cousin. Celeste requests Stephen to look after her cat during her honeymoon after he misses her wedding at the beginning of the story. She does not appear again after the first chapter, but she does send cat toys for Diva to Stephen and after completion of the story she sends an email saying that she and her husband are going on a cruise and that Stephen may keep the cat.
 * Celeste Girard

Celeste's new husband. His best man is Gordon Fetching.
 * Damien Girard

Julianne Charlot is Stephen's employer. She entrusts him to make Salad, Lobster Thermidor and an Ice Sculpture (a role usually reserved for herself) for the Mesa Flats Midnight Masquerade. She appears to collect these things and is also the host of the Midnight Masquerade.
 * Julianne Charlot

James Briggs is Stephen's best friend. He is also a police officer who tries to track down a con man lurking in Mesa Flats.
 * James Briggs

Kadisha Briggs is James' wife.
 * Kadisha Briggs

Sal Zugovich is Stephen's friend and owner of the local art gallery and restaurant.
 * Sal Zugovich

Greta Zugovich is Sal's wife.
 * Greta Zugovich

A potential love interest for Stephen. She attended Celeste's wedding and met Stephen. She loves dancing and she dances whenever there's an opportunity to do so.
 * Rachel Ware

Potential love interest for Stephen. She is introduced as Celeste's friend and arrives to deliver Diva to Stephen. She is an artist and has vast knowledge about domesticated animals.
 * Erin Davis

Erin's pet dog. He chases Diva causing a meeting between Stephen and Erin.
 * Buster Davis

Tracy Kosmokos is Celeste's bridesmaid. Not a story character, she leaves the game at pretty much her first opportunity. Her portrait indicates she is a mail carrier.
 * Tracy Kosmokos

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