I know...I may as well be holding "I'm a uptight loser who hates fun" sign, but I just want to vent here.I have OCD. I really, really hate any kind of toilet humor, or gross-out humor in general. It genuinely upsets me. I have to take my phone with me into the bathroom so that I don't have to think about the fact that I'm going to the bathroom.In TS2 and TS3, animals peed, which I could deal with--Sims pee, after all--but they didn't poop. And now they do.I know poop has been a thing since the "Flaming bag" of TS2, but that was pretty easy to avoid. And I don't mind the "holding the bag" chance card result in the Criminal Career. But if you have a pet in TS4, this is something you're going to have to constantly deal with, to the point where I don't even know if I want to get Cats and Dogs, even though I *really* love my Sims owning pets in the previous games. Please, if anyone else is bothered by this, let me know. Or even if you're not, I feel like I could use some validation right now.

Granted, I play more with cats than with dogs, so I get to use litter boxes. I always spring for the expensive one with lasers so that I don't have to clean the litter box. Not just because I'm worried I'll forget, but because I hate doing it. (Irl as well as in game) I'm not as bothered by it as you are, but that doesn't mean it's a feature I like.There's also a mod out there for an "outdoor" litterbox that's two rocks that never needs cleaning, if you're not adverse to mods.So that's a solution for cats. I don't have one for dogs, unfortunately. Wish I did, I might have more sim families have dogs as pets.

I feel you. Sometimes I feel like I apuld see it everwhere. I get a bit grossed out when I ocasionally find it in my sims' inventory. I also get confused since I never tell them to pick it up, throw it away, but not just pick it up.

I wish they'd at least turn down the frequency of it a bit. Like I understand having a pet, they go to the bathroom often (I have three cats and one dog), but maybe in The Sims it could be a little less often?

A few years ago my cats and dogs never ate on their own or pooped...I thought it was a bug, but it turned out to be caused by a mod, that fullfilled the needs of my animals everytime I loaded the game or the family. If the poop bothers you that much, you could try to put the mod in your game. It's called "No Sick, Dirty, Sad and Hungry Cats & Dogs" by LittleMissSam. In the description it says: "Disable Decay Prevenger Buff for owned Pets:When loading a Household the Part of the Mod which adds a hidden Buff which decreases the Decay of Needs will be disabled"So technically your dogs will never poop again if you download this part of the mod (if I understood this correctly. English is not my first language). But this also means that your pets are never hungry or sick. If I remember correctly you can still call them to eat manually, they will take a few bites and stop to eat.Maybe this mod will help you with your problem and you can enjoy your game with the furry friends. :)

I'm not really a fan of toilet humour either. Although in Sims Freeplay, one time I got up to walk with my iPad to the kitchen and the Sims started losing their footing and acting like they were in an earthquake and then they all got dizzy and vomited on the ground. That was hilarious. :joy: For the pets, I always get the self-cleaning litter. It's great, shoots lasers at the cat poop, you don't have to do anything. For the dogs, not much you can do otherwise consider creating a robot dog in CAS. I wish we could teach them to do their business in a certain place.

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DaWaterRat
New Vanguard
3 years ago
Granted, I play more with cats than with dogs, so I get to use litter boxes. I always spring for the expensive one with lasers so that I don't have to clean the litter box. Not just because I'm worried I'll forget, but because I hate doing it. (Irl as well as in game) I'm not as bothered by it as you are, but that doesn't mean it's a feature I like.

There's also a mod out there for an "outdoor" litterbox that's two rocks that never needs cleaning, if you're not adverse to mods.

So that's a solution for cats. I don't have one for dogs, unfortunately. Wish I did, I might have more sim families have dogs as pets.
caitxcat
3 years ago
I feel you. Sometimes I feel like I apuld see it everwhere. I get a bit grossed out when I ocasionally find it in my sims' inventory. I also get confused since I never tell them to pick it up, throw it away, but not just pick it up.
Corrinus
3 years ago
I wish they'd at least turn down the frequency of it a bit. Like I understand having a pet, they go to the bathroom often (I have three cats and one dog), but maybe in The Sims it could be a little less often?
MissLjupka
New Spectator
3 years ago
A few years ago my cats and dogs never ate on their own or pooped...

I thought it was a bug, but it turned out to be caused by a mod, that fullfilled the needs of my animals everytime I loaded the game or the family.

If the poop bothers you that much, you could try to put the mod in your game.
It's called "No Sick, Dirty, Sad and Hungry Cats & Dogs" by LittleMissSam.

In the description it says:
"Disable Decay Prevenger Buff for owned Pets:
When loading a Household the Part of the Mod which adds a hidden Buff which decreases the Decay of Needs will be disabled"

So technically your dogs will never poop again if you download this part of the mod (if I understood this correctly. English is not my first language). But this also means that your pets are never hungry or sick. If I remember correctly you can still call them to eat manually, they will take a few bites and stop to eat.

Maybe this mod will help you with your problem and you can enjoy your game with the furry friends. :)
elliandre
3 years ago
I'm not really a fan of toilet humour either. Although in Sims Freeplay, one time I got up to walk with my iPad to the kitchen and the Sims started losing their footing and acting like they were in an earthquake and then they all got dizzy and vomited on the ground. That was hilarious. :joy:

For the pets, I always get the self-cleaning litter. It's great, shoots lasers at the cat poop, you don't have to do anything.

For the dogs, not much you can do otherwise consider creating a robot dog in CAS. I wish we could teach them to do their business in a certain place.
CAPTAIN_NXR7
Seasoned Veteran
3 years ago
I have no problem with it. I make my sim collect it all and use it as a fertilizer. That’s what it’s for. Just because it’s not in a purple box with a pink ribbon on it, doesn’t mean we can’t consider it a gift haha.

As long as I can’t smell it it’s grand, because having to deal with this ? in RL is an entirely different story…
elliebreton
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
I kinda wish they just peed. It's not a great sight to see them pooping and it's a pain having to keep throwing it away.

I once had a couple who had 5 dogs... now that really was a pain!
NateWhiplash
Seasoned Hotshot
3 years ago
I like the fact that sometimes there will be "one large dog poop" in my sims inventory---I never hesitate to have my sim regift it to someone they don't like
mightyspritesims
Seasoned Hotshot
3 years ago
"Elliandre;c-18042954" wrote:
in Sims Freeplay, one time I got up to walk with my iPad to the kitchen and the Sims started losing their footing and acting like they were in an earthquake and then they all got dizzy and vomited on the ground. That was hilarious. :joy:

that is incredible @Elliandre
annaliese39
Seasoned Newcomer
3 years ago
I'm fine with it, but I am a dog owner in real life so I'm used to picking up dog poo. I always have a poo bag ready in my pocket when we go out. It has to be my own dog's poo though or it grosses me out. Thankfully I can't smell it in TS4 so it doesn't bother me. It's also useful as a fertiliser.