Pets Too Needy?

They do seem very needy mine are rarely in the green on their icon and always want attention no matter what traits they have. Also the dogs always want walking all the time and then their is a separate issue of how long the dog walks take a short walk will take my sims at least 4 sim hours. I know a lot of people complain about how buggy dine out is but I find cats and dogs just as buggy. A lot of the bugs I encounter in my game are from this pack and rarely play pets for this reason. I think the excessive neediness is a bug.

"wylmite1986;d-976407" wrote:
Ok, I love playing the pets and having them in game but I feel like they are really needy like more so then actual pets in real life? Maybe it's just me? But having to like pet them etc like every 10 minutes or so is just a little annoying. Could just be me though. I still love the pets, I just kind of miss getting to control them and see what they were thinking or wanting.

I don't miss controlling the pets, on the whole, but I do find them needy. I mostly no longer have pets in my home, beyond fish, that in this iteration you don't even really need to feed. :open_mouth: I do miss the ability to have the large birds from Sims3. My celebrity Sim really loved his bird. But, yes, the pets tend to be very needy in this game. My celebrity has chickens, though. So, it's almost the same thing.

I have a glitched out pet or something. I just adopted a dog and for a few weeks everything was fine. I talk to the dog and pet them and hug them daily and their automatic pet feeder is set to the shortest time so their needs are never in the red.... I noticed only once the dog aged from puppy to adult things got weird: The dog forgot how to feed itself from the bowl and how to go outside to use the restroom, both without being told to do so. Then several times I would get a notification while my Sim was at work that the dog was in an emergency state and needed me, so I left work early. The dog just had to go to the bathroom... thats it. Now, I will make my sim sit and pet and cuddle the dog for hours and as soon as she is done the dog runs away. She has run away at least 4 times now.... I have no idea what else to do

I don't find them that bad. I usually will have at least one sim in the household interact with the pet each day, giving it pets, hugs and some play time and then they are usually fine for the rest of the day.

I think dogs are a little more needy until you teach the bad behaviors out of them, they play in stuff that makes them dirty quite often but once they have learned not to do it they become more fun to deal with. Usually I only have my sims take a dog for a walk when the dog asks for it and it's always the short walk option cause even that option takes like four sim hours.

I think they are fine. If my sims have pets they usually find time to take care of them and spend time with them. I also try to figure out what kind of pet and sim go well together. I'm really looking forward to having my slob sim grow up and her getting a dog that is messy :joy: Her house will be sooo dirty!

Sometimes dog's whining for a walk has been a bit annoying (because even short walk takes such a long time) but sometimes I take them for a walk and sometimes I ignore them or perhaps distract them with playing with them or something else... I don't remember what I have done, but I know they have stopped whining at some point.

I don't find them too needy. I almost always have at least one pet in my households, and I find it easy to manage their needs, but I also end up treating them like family members and feel so guilty if they aren't taken care of.

Dogs with the active trait do need to go on more walks, usually one every other day. If my sim doesn't have a lot of spare time for a jog, I usually will just leash the dog and walk a short ways down the road then back. You can even leash them and walk around the house. You don't need to go on a full walk, just walk until you have the energized buff called Good Walk and it will satisfy your dog need. This is especially helpful if you're living in Windenburg because the walks there are excruciatingly long.

Loyal dogs do need more attention but they usually will follow your sim around and just give them a pet every now and then will make them happy.

I find pets so useful to have despite their occasional neediness. Play/Roughhouse (for active dogs) can fill your fun if you're low. They help fill your social, and when you're stressed or sad they can alleviate those negative emotions.

But then when they die... they'll break your heart. :(