Did You Know....

[Playalot]

Having an intellectual conversation with a Smart dog will result in your sim gaining logic skill.
That dog poop makes the best fertilizer - according to the text when your sim picks it up, haven't actually tried it yet as it kinda grosses me out a little. 

[eaglezero]

Another did you know - to age up your pet, you must make a treat on the vet crafting machine. I play with aging off and couldn't figure out how to age up my kitten until I googled it.

[Playalot]

There are new types of painting in the painting skill. They feature... cats and dogs.

[oshizu]

Cat lovers can go outdoors and gather catnip, madnip, napnip, and nuzzlenip for the pet cats.
I don't know how these various herbs affect cats, but I assume they can be planted back at the home lot.

Dogs everywhere are protesting that they don't get special herbs!


Also, my sim couple have a pair of Shiba inu, which they encouraged to mate.
The dogs ran toward each other at the beach and then some special music started playing. So adorable!

[Playalot]

When you are companions with a dog certain interactions are unlocked between your sim and their dog which grant your sim satisfaction points. (This may also be true for cats but I haven't played with a cat yet.)

[scoed]

On the cat herbs must you be a cat lover to harvest them or can anyone? haven't played since downloading the expansion.

[Playalot]

Anyone can harvest the new cat herbs. 

[Carl]

@oshizu cats everywhere are pleased they don't have to be trained and get the catnip too! But let's be honest, the dogs love the process and get walks. I wanted to walk a cat and teach it to go in the toilet though.

One Playalot told me that I didn't consider at the time was that you can basically be your own vet at home and save time if you're willing to study the skill and buy the equipement (from pets menu under sort by function). Your dog might not like it short-term but long term you'll come up with some great treats for him by practicing.

Cheats this time around are major_veterinarian 10 and stats.set_skill_level skill_dogtraining 5 for pet training. Which really might as well be dog training yeah.

You can adopt ghost pets at brindleton bay cemetery, north of the lighthouse/museum in the woods near the rocky area. You can become good friends (the required level to invite to household) with less than 6 interactions with the animal.

Everyone's probably heard of Mayor Whiskers, the stray who wanders town that can be adopted, but that's another one not mentioned yet.

[MarianT]

If you give your dog the Adventurous Trait, your Sim can go on a little adventure with the dog (or puppy).

Also, puppies can be bathed, but you have to click on the puppy to get the interaction to work. (Yes, these two are related -- Coco played in a dirt pile while on her adventure).

[scoed]

Did you know....A human with his or her dog can't be fed upon by vampires? It is true. Apparently, Vamps fear the dog will protect it's owner. Feeding my vamps just got a lot harder after moving to Brindleton Bay. It seems everyone has a dog near by.

[Playalot]

Oh how cool! @scoed  That's a great find.

[Nindigo]

That the laser pointer with which you can play with your cat has the same color as your Sims current mood?

[Saltypaws]

That if you set your lot to "dog friendly" you will be cleaning so many messes, it will take your sim forever to clean it up. Do not select that lot trait. Lol. I learned the hard way. Messes were every where and so were sick dogs, ewww.

[Playalot]

You can start your sim jogging with their dog and then click and direct your sim to 'jog here' and your sim and dog will continue their jog but to the spot you have specified.

[oshizu]

@Saltypaws

I'm sorry, but your post made me giggle. I can just imagine all the mess!
Also, there's a bar named after you in Whiskerman's Wharf. How cool is that!?