I just find cats & dogs so disappointing and limited because i always play with pets and it should be my favourite, and it's not even primarily because it excluded other pets (though that also factors in). So like bewarned and scroll past my post if you're not interested in endless salt about dogs
-There are no water dishes but they are clearly programmed to want to drink so i am forced to let my animals drink from their own puddles of urine or the toilet bowl. Disgästeng ea, let me water my pets
-The fact that they excluded dog houses because some random simguru said they were abusive or whatever but the only beds we have are pathetically thin mats, where's the consistency? My sim dogs deserve thicc memory foam beds and yes, nice shaded dog houses to chill in out of the sun while my sim does yardwork
-The fact that i have to use a default replacement leash to get my sims to not use a flexi leash at the vet's like an absolute demon. The umbrella stand function from seasons is GREAT why can't i choose my dogs' leash as well. It's EXTRA annoying bc that little leash hook wall decor with what is clearly a normal leash? It's teasing and it's rude
-The fact that you can't walk multiple dogs at once, not even as a rabbithole because animation is uwu hard we know. Having multiple dogs shouldn't be a full time job
-The "norse elk shepherd" offends me on a spiritual level, why is it the only made up/misnamed breed?
-No stubby legs and yet they had the audacity to add "corgis" and "dachshunds" to the breed presets
-The head shapes, especially on the sighthound and bullterrier presets, have this weird and annoying lump right on the bridge of the nose that just gets worse the more you fiddle with it - why? Just let me make normal roman noses please i am begging
-Fur textures aren't the same across sizes which is infuriating, & not enough fur textures like why can't i have feathered ears/legs/tails with whatever fur texture i want? Saluki whomst? Chinese crested? Not in this game sweatie! Or why is my otherwise fluffy dog's ears bald inside? Y'all know it's primarily poodles/terriers/spaniels and such that have their ear hairs plucked? & How can i make a snooty sim with a pink poodle if i can't have a continental clip?
-Why are there just goofy pet clothes and nothing sensible like raincoats, warm coats, or booties?
-Why did they waste the only small dog harness option on one that is identical to the big dog one except for that ridiculous shark fin tacked on? Who is going to use that and how often? Funny memey options are grand and all but not as the ONLY option
-The stomach slider makes it IMPOSSIBLE to make sighthounds or fit looking dogs, the tuck always looks flabby and stupid
-The muscle sliders just make their legs bulgy in ways that are bizarre and not remotely like how dogs carry muscle
-The dog teeth are Not Good™, they look like eerily human buckteeth
-The gallery poses for small dogs are generally cute, but for big dogs they're mostly just sad (That One sitting pose where they're scooting their butt on the carpet, squinting their eyes and their stupid long tongues lolling out like why. i made you a noble elegant dog and you do this to me. Or the puppy pose that looks like they have severe hip dysplasia excuse me dog legs don't/should not bend that way)
-The cat whiskers are ridiculously chunky, and no whiskers on dogs :( Dogs have them too ea they're important sensory organs
-The fact that pet training is so empty and pointless and mostly tricks. The fact that i can't train them not to get on human furniture if i have a neat sim, can't train them to do anything but the ugly plastic "agility" course. Would LOVE just rabbithole competitions or something to enter my dogs into
-The routing for walks in worlds other than brindleton bay is B R O K E N, love when my sim goes for a short walk only to end up stranded on the opposite end of the map peeing themselves and starving to death
-Why do townies not take care of their pets, why do they only ever take them to the vet when i'm there? I mean i know why but god i don't want to micromanage every townie's pets! I shouldn't need mods to make townies feed/groom their animals
-Why do pet owners only ever walk their dogs in brindleton bay? Is it because they know the routing elsewhere sucks?
