Spectacularly disappointing. I mean I love the choices of breeds and all the customization for cats and dogs but the implementation is kind of crap. Cats aren't so bad but dogs are absolutely horrid to deal with. Trained the dog to use the bathroom outside. Cool. I'm modifying the Hound's Head lot, the big 64x64 one, but I kept the "garden" in the middle. I also cut out the roof of that section so it now technically counts as being outdoors. Great thing for the dog because that's the only place it uses the bathroom... However, that annoyed me because I don't want the dog to use the bathroom basically in the middle of the house, even if it counts as being outside, so I look online and see people have been having success by locking doors and keeping pets out. Great! I lock all the doors leading outside but the pet door and send the dog outside to use the bathroom. Where does it go? The same d**n spot in the middle of the f*****g house, with the newly "locked" door. I send the cat out to go prowl and it runs its happy a** right in there too. Not only did they both ignore the locked door, but now they're stuck locked inside... I'm calling b******t! How'd they get in if they can't get out? What kind of sense does that make? I'm going to let them starve to death in there. Maybe ghost pets don't need to poop. See what you did EA/Maxis? You're turning me into a pet killer. Tragic.

Dogs are indeed horrible to deal with indeed. My households only own cats now.Pets is definitely not my favorite pack.

Locked doors sometimes take a moment to go into effect, also, if you lock and door and the pet or sim already has an action and is already routed to go through that door it'll ignore the lock and go through.

"Gabe_oz;c-16572927" wrote:Locked doors sometimes take a moment to go into effect, also, if you lock and door and the pet or sim already has an action and is already routed to go through that door it'll ignore the lock and go through. I thought of this as well. Tried again, door had been locked for 5 mins or so, real time, dog still went through it but couldn't get back out. I'm just going to let the dog die. The cat is fine.

sorry to hear that! I love my sim doggies :D

"Reksoh;c-16573033" wrote:sorry to hear that! I love my sim doggies :D Ironic. My dog is also a husky, it's a dead husky now tho. About to be a released ghost because the dog still needs to poop. Why? Apparently people have been complaining about ghosts since they were introduced so I won't start beating a dead horse. Dogs just aren't for me in the current version of Sims 4.

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elainepink
7 years ago
Dogs are indeed horrible to deal with indeed. My households only own cats now.

Pets is definitely not my favorite pack.
Gabe_oz
7 years ago
Locked doors sometimes take a moment to go into effect, also, if you lock and door and the pet or sim already has an action and is already routed to go through that door it'll ignore the lock and go through.
Quess_is_Baked
7 years ago
"Gabe_oz;c-16572927" wrote:
Locked doors sometimes take a moment to go into effect, also, if you lock and door and the pet or sim already has an action and is already routed to go through that door it'll ignore the lock and go through.

I thought of this as well. Tried again, door had been locked for 5 mins or so, real time, dog still went through it but couldn't get back out. I'm just going to let the dog die. The cat is fine.
Reksoh
7 years ago
sorry to hear that! I love my sim doggies :D
Quess_is_Baked
7 years ago
"Reksoh;c-16573033" wrote:
sorry to hear that! I love my sim doggies :D

Ironic. My dog is also a husky, it's a dead husky now tho. About to be a released ghost because the dog still needs to poop. Why? Apparently people have been complaining about ghosts since they were introduced so I won't start beating a dead horse.

Dogs just aren't for me in the current version of Sims 4.
Gabe_oz
7 years ago
"Quess_is_Baked;c-16572983" wrote:
"Gabe_oz;c-16572927" wrote:
Locked doors sometimes take a moment to go into effect, also, if you lock and door and the pet or sim already has an action and is already routed to go through that door it'll ignore the lock and go through.

I thought of this as well. Tried again, door had been locked for 5 mins or so, real time, dog still went through it but couldn't get back out. I'm just going to let the dog die. The cat is fine.

Have you tried relocking the door? An issue I had the other day is that I had to relock the door in order for one of my sims to stop going through it.
jimmysnan
7 years ago
My puppy goes on the porch. Nowhere else.
x_Always_Heart_
7 years ago
I like the pack, but there’s just some things I wish they didn’t over look, like the fact that kids can feed and brush the dog but can’t walk em... or that they don’t seem to learn their designated sleeping spots so they are all over the house.
Quess_is_Baked
7 years ago
"Gabe_oz;c-16573114" wrote:
"Quess_is_Baked;c-16572983" wrote:
"Gabe_oz;c-16572927" wrote:
Locked doors sometimes take a moment to go into effect, also, if you lock and door and the pet or sim already has an action and is already routed to go through that door it'll ignore the lock and go through.

I thought of this as well. Tried again, door had been locked for 5 mins or so, real time, dog still went through it but couldn't get back out. I'm just going to let the dog die. The cat is fine.

Have you tried relocking the door? An issue I had the other day is that I had to relock the door in order for one of my sims to stop going through it.

I don't think I specifically tried relocking the doors multiple times but I can check. What I ended up doing was just feeding the dog some ambrosia to bring it back to life then cheat its needs to stop decaying. Dog doesn't poop but now it's more or less bugged. Fixates on objects and refuses to move, cat too and I've done nothing to it. I'll locking again works, if not, I'm going to have to let pets go. Think I can get a refund? I just got the expansion... heh.
"jimmysnan;c-16573142" wrote:
My puppy goes on the porch. Nowhere else.

Pretty much why I decided to let the dog die in the first place. Just replace porch with garden/spaceship launch area. Yes, there is a rocket in the middle of the house. It happens.
"x_Always_Heart_x;c-16573152" wrote:
I like the pack, but there’s just some things I wish they didn’t over look, like the fact that kids can feed and brush the dog but can’t walk em... or that they don’t seem to learn their designated sleeping spots so they are all over the house.

I haven't played with pets and kids yet but I can kind of understand a kid not being able to walk the dog, in real life at least. As long as teens can walk them I'm not going to complain. My pets would usually sleep on their bed, or somewhere near one of the sims in the house.
drake_mccarty
7 years ago
Most of the dogs in my game go on the porch since that’s technically outside as well. I find it incredibly annoying. Dogs also route fail in most of the apartments when you tell them to go potty so they can’t even be trained.