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.
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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.
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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.
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