How realistic (and sad) is that?

I was just about to post feedback about Cats & Dogs because it really was done badly. Most of the time I do not want my sims to even live in Brindleton Bay because there are soooooo many sick animals around - even the ones that have owners! And you do want to help them all but other than the wellness treat - not much you can do without the lot trait and then your sims home is overrun. So then the other thing that bothers me is like the opposite - when my sims live in any other town - there are no strays at all and nothing is set up for pets in any other world - like my current cat has the prowler trait but lives in Willow Creek - there is nothing there for my cat to prowl so the trait is wasted! I feel so bad for it - it goes from bush to bush like it was programmed to do looking for something but nothing is there and the poor thing looks so confused! Couldn't they have at least put one of the interactive pet bushes from Brindleton Bay in the buy/build catalog so you could at least put them on the lot for the cat? And dogs in other worlds are even worse because the walk paths for them end up taking 4 sim hours for a short walk! The good thing about a pet in another town is that they very rarely get sick. It is like everything is way over done in Brindleton Bay and nothing at all was done anywhere else - did they honestly think we would not want pets in other worlds/towns?