The Pet's expansion is great & the Dogs & Cats are adorable <3 As far as community lots (without a dog/cat trait), they just continue to show up, walking into clubs, across dance floors, gyms, etc. At first, it was pretty funny & I got a few laughs from it. But after playing for several hours, it got old pretty quick. And it makes Dog/Cat hangout traits rather useless and moot, since they are just randomly showing up at community lots without any Pet Lot traits. I'm enjoying the expansion, using a new game/play-through & can't wait to breed some kitties and dogs. But some fine tuning to Community Lots would be nice. :wink:

Agreed! I did not think it funny at first, I thought good grief! Nobody put a restriction on pets in bars. (Which is a pretty funny statement by itself. :D)Hopefully some sort of restriction will be included in a patch, which is possible.

I agree. Having pets invade all the community lots is a bit much. I hope they can add a pet free lot trait to remove them from lots as we choose.

I'd like to see some sort of pet free lot trait as well. As much as I love pets, this was one thing that I don't like. Especially in TS3, where pets would destroy the joint and you'd end up with sims constantly thinking about all the chewed/scratched furniture :/

There are 3 places for animals: home, outdoors, the vet. The only animals I've ever seen at a RL community lot are service dogs. That's how it should be here.

They do indeed show up, until that is addressed then what I suggest doing is surrounding the areas you don't want pets to wander with the tiny fence that sims can walk over. Pretty sure pets can't cross this themselves so it should keep your lot pet free and they'll just remain outdoors. So long as this hasn't changed since I last heard about it.

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bshag4lv
Seasoned Ace
9 years ago
Agreed! I did not think it funny at first, I thought good grief! Nobody put a restriction on pets in bars. (Which is a pretty funny statement by itself. :D)

Hopefully some sort of restriction will be included in a patch, which is possible.
NebraskaDawn
9 years ago
I agree. Having pets invade all the community lots is a bit much. I hope they can add a pet free lot trait to remove them from lots as we choose.
Kelza101
New Vanguard
9 years ago
I'd like to see some sort of pet free lot trait as well. As much as I love pets, this was one thing that I don't like. Especially in TS3, where pets would destroy the joint and you'd end up with sims constantly thinking about all the chewed/scratched furniture :/
OldeSimsFan
Seasoned Ace
9 years ago
There are 3 places for animals: home, outdoors, the vet. The only animals I've ever seen at a RL community lot are service dogs. That's how it should be here.
JFective
9 years ago
Is it true that pets are now showing up in bars, restaurants gyms etc even when those places aren't in BB area?
And if so it there a way to avoid it? Tips?
I haven't played much in these past 2 months because I haven't had any inspiration. When C&D came I thought that I would love it and it would give me my inspiration back but mehh..
Now I finally have an idea for perfect new project but then I red a post about this "problem"(idk what word to use for it) and now I'm unsure if I wanna start playing again.
CaseyTS4
9 years ago
They do indeed show up, until that is addressed then what I suggest doing is surrounding the areas you don't want pets to wander with the tiny fence that sims can walk over. Pretty sure pets can't cross this themselves so it should keep your lot pet free and they'll just remain outdoors. So long as this hasn't changed since I last heard about it.
simsimsere
Seasoned Ace
9 years ago
"Dannydanbo;c-16201166" wrote:
There are rugs that are supposed to keep cats and dogs out. You might try adding those to the public lot.

I don't have cats & dogs (yet), but I've read the rugs don't actually do anything. Do they work?
LiaRose1435
New Ace
9 years ago
If you don't mind using mods, there is a No Pets Allowed custom lot trait by LittleMsSam. http://littlemssam.de/no-pets-allowed-custom-lot-trait/
AKLSimmer
9 years ago
This is bothering me so much too. My sim went to a nightclub, and a few pet owners brought their cats and dogs there as well. They are adorable but I don't think IRL owner would bring their pets to a nightclub. I really wish there could be a lot trait preventing pets from entering the lot.
EA_Spectre
Community Admin
9 years ago
We had two threads with the very same topic directly next to each other ... so I merged them into one.

It would also be great if you could give feedback on this here, suggesting your preferences on how this should be handled: http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/categories/the-sims-4-feedback

As always: Keep your feedback coming! We love to hear from you.