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Nightgypsy
Seasoned Ace
14 hours ago

[CD] Issues with dogs going potty

Would you please make it so that when dogs need to go potty that they will seek out a non-floored area to do so on. I am unsure how difficult that would be so at least add a special small fire hydrant, special bush or "dog grass" that could be placed and is an attractant. 

My sims are so frustrated with the dogs stepping just outside the front or back doors and just going and then it has to be cleaned up because it is making the house dirty to my sims. 

In this screenshot I circled in red where the dog peed and that is what my sim is looking so frustrated about, you just can't see his thought bubble. And this is ALL the time. All around the pool and back porch area and the same on the front porch because the dog doesn't go down the steps and pee in the grass and flowers that are just a few steps away. This is constantly upsetting my sims across many households. 

Also, if sims have a yard, please make it so that dogs realize this and go potty and exercise on their own without needing to be told to do so. Dogs will sit around miserable and even have accidents just inside the front door if someone doesn't tell them to go potty even though supposedly, they have learned to go potty outside. Sims have enough going on in their lives without being pestered by the dog to potty or go on a walk all of the time. It really takes the fun out of things so please, please, please consider all of this. Thank you!

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    simsplayer818
    Hero
    2 hours ago

    Nightgypsy​ any puddles anywhere do make Sims annoyed. They don't differentiate between doggy puddles and water puddles. The problem with them going on land which has no tiling/masonry is that the Sim still gets annoyed but can't immediately clean it because you can only clean land with some kind of flooring. So if there's puddles on grass for example, the Sim will be annoyed until it eventually vanishes automatically. The Sim even gets annoyed taking the dog out for a walk when they go potty. It always seems weird to me. Who takes their pooch walkies then gets irritated with them for doing exactly what they're supposed to do? Worse still, passing Sims will also complain about the puddle. It could definitely use some tuning. A doggy needs to go somewhere and they can't clean up after themselves.

    As for the obsession with the pool I've tried a few things like making them a Couch Potato but some are just drawn to the pool. I sometimes end up fencing it off to keep the dogs out of it. I've got 1 Sim with 4 rescue dogs that won't stop swimming and leave water pools everywhere. That could also do with some tuning. 🐶

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    Nightgypsy
    Seasoned Ace
    7 hours ago

    I need to edit this and say that the dog does have an obsession with swimming in the pool and I realized that, that particular puddle, could have been caused by him getting out of the pool. I'm not sure why that kind of puddle would set my sim off and honestly don't remember if there might have been others because both sims will zip around and clean up fast. Also have the robo vacuums going too. Regardless, the potty issues are still valid problems and it would be nice to have them resolved. 

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