Dog

Dogs

A puppy and its mother

Dogs are pets that Sims can own in The Sims: Unleashed, The Sims 2: Pets and The Sims 3: Pets.

The Sims: Unleashed

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 The Sims does not allow players to create pets.

Skills for dogs are obedience, tricks, and housebreaking. 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.

The Sims 2: Pets

In The Sims 2: Pets, dogs may be created in the Create a Pet section of Create a Sim. Sims can adopt dogs or puppies using the phone, by buying them on community lots that sell pets, or by forming a friendship with a stray dog and adopting them. Players can also get a pet dog

in Apartment Life by buying the pet cage in the pets section of buy mode, although these dogs are "decorative", and are considered as small pets.

In Pets, dogs come in two sizes, small and large. A dog's size affects how long its adult life stage will last. A small dog will live for 25 days as an adult, while a large dog will be an adult for 22 days.

The wolves that are sometimes seen wandering the neighbourhood, including the leader of the pack whose bite creates werewolves, are a variation of large dog. Other than the pack leader, they can be adopted like other strays. Wolves can be bred with dogs.

Unlike their counterparts in Unleashed, puppies in Pets are mobile and largely self-sufficient. They 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 or down stairs without the help of a Sim, and they cannot get jobs or learn Commands. Puppies are all the same size, regardless of what size they will be as adults.

Dogs are also able to get their own careers. There are 3 pet careers, Show biz, Security, and Service.

The Sims Pet Stories

Dogs in The Sims Pet Stories are just like the ones in The Sims 2: Pets, only now dogs can use story reward objects (such as a-frames, tunnels...) to work on for the pet show and doing that earning skills.

The Sims Castaway Stories

Main article: Hyena

Dogs in The Sims Castaway Stories are actually Hyenas. The appearance has changed though all of the options from The Sims 2: Pets are still there (ex. Stroke, Razzle, Feed treat, etc). The cat version in this game is the Jaguar, Mata, only available during the story (though there is mod for adopting jaguars).

The Sims 3: Pets

Dogs return in The Sims 3: Pets and appear to be largely similar to those found in The Sims 2. Dogs are able to form relationships with cats and horses. In a trailer, a burglar is seen running from three dogs; which hints that dogs could possibly be a helpful alternative to the burglar alarm. Dogs are also able to get jobs, much as in The Sims 2. Unlike previous Sims games, dogs in The Sims 3: Pets can be controlled by the player, just as Sims can. Dogs will, just as Sims, have their own traits.

The dog needs consist of Hunger, Energy, Fun, Social, Bladder and Destruction. ^[1]

Trivia

The hyena skin from The Sims Castaway Stories can be imported to The Sims 2 (if the Pets expansion is installed) or The Sims Pet Stories. Copy the hyena skin from the PetBreeds folder for The Sims Castaway Stories and paste it into the PetBreeds folder for The Sims 2 or The Sims Pet Stories. In all three games, the PetBreeds folder is located under the (My) Documents\EA Games\(name of game) folder.
When a dog dies in The Sims 2: Pets, they will enjoy a last game of fetch by the Grim Reaper.