I just experienced my first autonomous try for puppy between the two dogs in my household. It was very unexpected, as I'd been playing for maybe a week in-game and I hadn't thought it would happen that soon. While I'm happy to have an adorable puppy in my household now, I'm a little confused because I was never notified that Lady (the mother dog) was pregnant, only that she had gone into labor. I thought we were supposed to be informed of both? I even went back through all of my notifications to see if I had missed it and I hadn't. Is this a glitch or was the information on pet pregnancy notifications we got from the gurus incorrect? Has anyone else experienced this?

I think it was some type of glitch. I just got notified that my dog was pregnant so the notification is definitely supposed to pop up. Hope this helps! :smiley:

I didn't get a notification either, which I'm fine with. I like surprises, but now that explains why every attempt to get them to mate they refused. Her name is Lady too...lol.

"littlemissgogo;c-16154936" wrote:I know you're supposed to get notifications when you're the one directing them to but not sure about autonomous breeding. Maybe it's intended as a surprise? Who knows.I had a cat I directed to mate with Mayor Whiskers, but they just ended up fighting, so I had them try again and my sim got a moodlet saying the mating had failed. I tried a third time and the option was grayed out, saying something like "spayed pets can't mate" even though my cat isn't fixed. I decided to just leave it, as I already had a pretty full house at that point. However, a few day later, I get notified that the cat had gone into labor and she had two kittens, one of whom looks exactly like Mayor Whiskers, minus the clothes, so I know he was the father. I'm just confused because, again, I wasn't notified that she was pregnant, even though this time I had directed the two cats to mate.

"KHS12;c-16156409" wrote:I was notified.Was the pregnancy the result of autonomous or user-directed woohoo?

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Shortblonde03
8 years ago
I think it was some type of glitch. I just got notified that my dog was pregnant so the notification is definitely supposed to pop up. Hope this helps! :smiley:
Willowana
8 years ago
I didn't get a notification either, which I'm fine with. I like surprises, but now that explains why every attempt to get them to mate they refused. Her name is Lady too...lol.
floridameerkat
8 years ago
"littlemissgogo;c-16154936" wrote:
I know you're supposed to get notifications when you're the one directing them to but not sure about autonomous breeding. Maybe it's intended as a surprise? Who knows.

I had a cat I directed to mate with Mayor Whiskers, but they just ended up fighting, so I had them try again and my sim got a moodlet saying the mating had failed. I tried a third time and the option was grayed out, saying something like "spayed pets can't mate" even though my cat isn't fixed. I decided to just leave it, as I already had a pretty full house at that point. However, a few day later, I get notified that the cat had gone into labor and she had two kittens, one of whom looks exactly like Mayor Whiskers, minus the clothes, so I know he was the father. I'm just confused because, again, I wasn't notified that she was pregnant, even though this time I had directed the two cats to mate.
KHS12
8 years ago
I was notified.
floridameerkat
8 years ago
"KHS12;c-16156409" wrote:
I was notified.

Was the pregnancy the result of autonomous or user-directed woohoo?
bombtori
8 years ago
Yeah, I have a female cat. I never got her fixed. One day, I got a notification she was going into labor! There are no other cats in my household, so she got preggo by some tomcat I guess :D
littlemissgogo
8 years ago
I know you're supposed to get notifications when you're the one directing them to but not sure about autonomous breeding. Maybe it's intended as a surprise? Who knows.
JeanVW
Seasoned Newcomer
8 years ago
I think the breeding is a little bugged. My cat has been trying for a while now. So either she keeps getting rejected (which is possible, you even get a notification/moodlet) or its bugged.
MyaMunkey
8 years ago
My sim has two female dogs, he moved in with his girlfriend, and I completely spaced, but she has a male dog! None of the pets are fixed. A few days after moving in, my sim's husky gave birth to two puppies! The only notification that I received was when my female dog was in labor. It shocked me! My mouth dropped open! I'm guessing it is a glitch, I'm hoping they run out a good patch for December (or maybe even sooner) that clears everything up.
KHS12
8 years ago
"floridameerkat;c-16156417" wrote:
"KHS12;c-16156409" wrote:
I was notified.

Was the pregnancy the result of autonomous or user-directed woohoo?

User-directed. I tried 50+ times to get my male cat to breed with any of several female strays on the docks, and it never worked. I moved a female cat in to my household and it took 1 "encourage to breed with ..." to get the cats to mate, and within the hour was notified that the female was pregnant!
I was highly frustrated with the interaction not working but moving the cat I wanted mine to breed with in the to the house worked wonders.