Gameplay question: how to get a pet from a neighbour

Click on the neighbor and select "adopt a pet from".

I tried, but couldn't see anything like that but obviously missed something, so I will try again. Is there a time limit to the option? Thanks for the reply! :)

The second method to adopting pets is looking for your neighborhood adoption home. There will always be one home in each town that has certain pets up for sale. There is a possibility to have more than one household have their pets for adoption, however it will only be one household at a time. To “Adopt from a Neighbor”, simply locate the home via map view and pay them a visit.

http://simsvip.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Adoption-2.png

Once you arrive at the home, begin a standard conversation with the household members. If there are more than one person in a household, you will need to make sure you check for the Adopt option on all members. Not everyone in the house has the OK to give away the pets. Once you find the “seller”, you will notice a new option.

http://simsvip.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Adoption-3.png

Once the owner gives an OK to adopt, they will shake your hand and you will be able to select from whichever pets they are giving up for adoption. (Pop up as shown above). Once you have adopted, you will now be able to leave and go home to start a new life with your new pet. Again, if the pet becomes too much, simply dial the phone and put the pet up for adoption.

Taken from here: http://simsvip.com/?page_id=2101

Thanks all. :)

Neighborhood pet adoption is the worst aspect of the game bar none. All it has ever done is block me out of making a household my active household and it breaks the game sometimes! I can call for services if I want a cat.

"Angrynooodle25;c-17552508" wrote:
Neighborhood pet adoption is the worst aspect of the game bar none. All it has ever done is block me out of making a household my active household and it breaks the game sometimes! I can call for services if I want a cat.

The Neighborhood Adoption Pet Center scenario? Although it was mentioned, that's not what this thread from nine years ago was entirely about. It is possible to adopt a pet from a friend or give them one of yours if the two sims' relationships are strong enough without that scenario running.

But yes, that scenario is often game-breaking, it never was realistic, and these are the reasons why for those not averse to using mods NRaas Overwatch includes an option to shut it down and NRaas StoryProgression always disallows it from happening with no options changes required.

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