Pets have been hit with a lot of glitches that have been fixed with updates and patches then broken again with a later update or patch. It's been this way for a while now. People are reporting many different issues. Before the April 19th patch, the problems with my Sim pets had calmed down and I was able to delete a few mods I had that corrected my Sim pet problems. After that latest patch, I have had to hunt down and reinstall those mods again. I am a rotational player and the problem with that is the fact when I return to a family after playing another household for a few Sim days, I find the pets sick, dirty and starving. This should not be happening. Their needs should not drop while I am not playing a household that has pets. Their needs should be locked until I return to that household. Our Sims have the ability to take care of themselves while we are not playing them as an active household, but for some reason the pets do not take care of their own needs. Their needs, as I stated, should be locked as soon as I rotate to another household. It makes it difficult to play other Sims households. The constant whining about needing to go for a walk is another known issue that was fixed at one time but broken again as is the problem with your Sim's qeue being filled with actions to pet, hug or talk to the pet. This usually happens as soon as your Sim is eating, watching tv or skill building. Very irritating.
Resetting your pooch might take care of the problem. Moving the family to another lot might also reset all the Sims in that household as well. It's hard to say what will work. What works for some does not always work for everyone who is having pet issues. I can say these glitches happen in my modded saves and in the unmodded and CC free saves I have used to test new patches and updates. It is a coding problem that the devs just can't seem to fix without breaking it again with other patches and updates. That's why I have so many mods right now. LOL
