Has anyone timed the dog walks? I've never timed them, I just always cut them short. A "short" dog walk is over 4 hours long. My sim left for his "short" walk with his dog at 10:53am and didn't get back home until 3:15pm. So I decided to do a "long" walk... OVER EIGHT HOURS! Who walks a dog for 8 hours? They left at 4:19pm and didn't get home until 12:38am. And my dog kept passing out every time they stopped for a second. Of all the things they nerf, why has dog walks not been fixed? I think a "short" walk should be an hour, medium an hour and a half and long 2 hours. This is really crazy. I need to see if I can find a mod to change this. I have always ended up bringing my sims home after I felt they had been gone for long enough, but it's problematic and I'd like them to complete the interaction instead of me manually fixing the issue.

It'd be nice to see the Pet's Needs gauges and see how long a walk actually NEEDS to take.I usually just use pet-walking to top off a Sim's Fun need, since just the act of moving somewhere while you have your pet on a leash gives some Fun. Even if you're "walking" the dog from one side of your house to the other, lol.

Agreed, the lengths are unrealistic plus the fact that you can only walk one dog at once.

"QueenSnapdragon;c-17149173" wrote:Agreed, the lengths are unrealistic plus the fact that you can only walk one dog at once.Right. It took my sim all day to walk his two dogs, his needs were tanking and apparently so was the dogs. I even got the pop up right at the end of the last walk that my dog was starving. Not to mention the dogs want to go on walks all the time.

It's super annoying. I always only have one dog in my families cause of these reasons.

It’s no different from showering or eating at a restaurant in the game. Actions take way too long in general.Heck, climbing out of a pool and jumping back in off a diving board takes about 20 in-game minutes.

Does the Sims team understand how dog walking works?

33 Replies

queensnapdragon
6 years ago
Agreed, the lengths are unrealistic plus the fact that you can only walk one dog at once.
Suziish
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
"QueenSnapdragon;c-17149173" wrote:
Agreed, the lengths are unrealistic plus the fact that you can only walk one dog at once.

Right. It took my sim all day to walk his two dogs, his needs were tanking and apparently so was the dogs. I even got the pop up right at the end of the last walk that my dog was starving.

Not to mention the dogs want to go on walks all the time.
Sharooonia
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
It's super annoying. I always only have one dog in my families cause of these reasons.
bsozz
6 years ago
It’s no different from showering or eating at a restaurant in the game. Actions take way too long in general.

Heck, climbing out of a pool and jumping back in off a diving board takes about 20 in-game minutes.
StardustBunny
6 years ago
I found out if you leash the dog and cancel right after that it counts as a walk. This way my family with 4 dogs can "walk" all of them within a sim hour. :D
Iyasenu
6 years ago
It'd be nice to see the Pet's Needs gauges and see how long a walk actually NEEDS to take.
I usually just use pet-walking to top off a Sim's Fun need, since just the act of moving somewhere while you have your pet on a leash gives some Fun. Even if you're "walking" the dog from one side of your house to the other, lol.
Suziish
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
"JACKIEJOY;c-17149437" wrote:
I go for a jog. Takes way less time.

My sim is lazy and comes back from jogs with his dogs excruciatingly fatigued. I really don't know if that can kill him, but I don't really want to take the risk.
amapola76
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
It's particularly funny when you consider how short their little sim lives are with aging on. You could literally spend 1/2 of your life walking the dog... and the other half on the toilet.
lemonade578
6 years ago
What about puppies! I want to walk my puppies!
GypsyRozLyn
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
I never even have dogs anymore because of this - ridiculous amount of time to walk a dog and the dogs are always whining to be walked. I only have cats now.