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Suziish
New Spectator
6 years ago

Does the Sims team understand how dog walking works?

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.

33 Replies

  • "Beardedgeek;c-17152319" wrote:
    "MidnightAura;c-17152311" wrote:
    Dog walks are too long. Its ridiculous a long walk takes 8 hours plus. But then again activities in general take ages. My sim takes an hour in the shower and over an hour to eat a bow of cereal.

    Also yes the fact the dog walks behind and the "leash" is nothing more than a grey string that fades out and doesnt even connect to the dog is pretty bad.


    The leash does not do that for me. What graphical settings are you playing on?


    Ultra on two gaming rigs that eat the sims 4 for breakfast.

    Also can see the issue on the console and see this issue on every let's play I ever see on youtube.
  • I stopped making dogs because of this and other issues (dogs never learn to go outside toilet) so now I only make cats. It's a shame.
  • simsimsere's avatar
    simsimsere
    Rising Adventurer
    6 years ago
    I believe the lenght varies depending on where you live, Windenburg with its huge neighbourhoods being the worst. My dog looked like dying after a short walk there. I agree the dog walks should be fixed. Owning a dog is no fun because of the constant whining to get on walks and walks being near impossible to complete.