Dog

Dogs

A puppy and its mother

Dogs were introduced in The Sims: Unleashed. In The Sims, a family can adopt a dog by going to the Pet Center in Old Town, or a Sim can befriend and adopt a stray. However, the Create-A-Sim section of Sims 1 does not allow you to create pets.

Dogs must be housebroken by praising them when they relieve themselves outside and/or scolding them when they do it inside. A dog may - or may not - try to drive El Bandito the raccoon off a lot, but will ignore the burglar.

In The Sims 2, dogs may be created in the Create-A-Pet section of Create-A-Sim. Sims can adopt dogs or puppies using the phone or by buying them on community lots that sell pets. Players can also get a pet dog in Apartment Life by buying the pet cage in the pets section of buy mode. In The Sims 2, puppies are much more self-sufficient than in The Sims and can feed themselves (provided there is food available) and sleep on pet beds without the help of a Sim or their mother. Puppies can also learn Behaviors. However, puppies (as well as kittens) cannot go up stairs without the help of a Sim, and they cannot get jobs or learn Commands.