Sims 3 pets hints and tips

All you have to do is the exact same thing you do with the sims 3 and boom all done. Easter eggs. Punish the Sims for their crumb-filled, sub-standard furniture. Doggie Duties Bronze Avoid the zombie bears to find the pirate ship's log. Zombie Bears, Oh My! Bronze Discover the lost pirate ship anchor. The Missing Link Bronze Complete each of the mystery chapters.

What Ghosts? Bronze Scare the reaper. Dogzilla vs. Cat-Kong Bronze With a pet, steal a Sim's clothes who is skinny dipping. Bronze Escape a karmic backlash by quickly balancing the meter after dropping below TMI Silver Become a romantic interest of your boss.

Employee Benefits Bronze Make out with the maid. Maid-out Bronze Activate the Cry Havoc karma power during a wedding party. Family Feud Bronze Make a Sim transmogrified from a cat and a Sim transmogrified from a dog become a couple. Is This Bronze Have a dog and a cat become best friends. Mass Hysteria Bronze Complete each of the k9 cop scenario Challenges. You can have a maximum of 8 Sims and 6 pets per household.

Combined, the members cannot exceed 10 per household, and also cannot exceed the max allowed per species. As long as you can afford them, you can have as many as you would like. Just like Sims, if you create your own unique type of Pet and want it saved for future use, you can go ahead and save the Pet to your bin in CAP. You can also use the same function to upload your Pets to the Sims 3 Exchange. When starting off in Create-A-Pet you can begin with a bare Cat, Dog or Horse and create your own, or you can select from over pre-made breeds.

For a complete text list of all breeds in alphabetical order please click here: Breeds. Even if you choose to select a pre-made breed, you can make any changes to the pet that you want to make. Everything from coat markings to eye color, you can customize it all!

Create a Pet allows you to create any unique pet. You can customize everything from ears to eyes, legs to tails and more! Everything you need to make your unique pet is at your fingertips and the options are endless! The Customization portion of this guide is very long and in extended detail. To read all about Pet Customization and how Create a Pet Advance modes work, check out the dedicated page below:. To show you how much customization is available for pets in this game, check out the photos below submitted by Simmers around the world!

Animals can also gain and lose other hidden traits as they progress in specific skills. Hidden traits will be listed below in a separate section related to skill gaining. Below are all the traits available to choose from with the first letter of each pet representing a pet-specific trait. Adventurous C,D — Adventurous Pets are very curious and love to explore.

A bad attitude that usually leads to fights that is. Agile H — Agile Horses are nimble, strong and love to jump. Brave H — Brave Horses have an extra helping of courage to help them deal with the chaos of sprinklers, fireworks, burglar alarms and other terror-inducing everyday objects. Destructive C,D — Whether destroying furniture or digging holes in the yard, Destructive Pets are sure to cause chaos wherever they are! Fast H — Fast Horses are the speed demons of the animals kingdom.

They love to gallop and have a natural talent for racing, but they need plenty of exercise to stay satisfied. Genius H,C,D — Genius pets are always thinking on their paws or hooves. Hates Jumpin H — Some Horses prefer to have their hooves on the ground. When a Horse hates jumping, it will refuse to jump more often and do worse at Show Jumping and Cross-Country competitions. It may even take anger out on your new shiny training obstacles! Hunter C,D — Pets with the Hunter trait are excellent at stalking and catching prey.

Hydrophobic D — Hydrophobic Dogs have a natural aversion for anything that relates to water. When in the water, they are definitely not happy.

Hyper C,D — Hyper Pets are super active and never like staying in one place. They are able to build energy much more quickly and have a slower energy decay.

Independent C,D — Independent pets not only prefer to be on their own, but have more fun when playing on their own than in big groups or other social situations. Lazy H,C,D — Lazy pets just love to lie down or stay in one place as they get tired easily. Likes Swimming D — Contrary to popular belief, not all breeds of dogs like to swim.

Loyal Dogs love spending time and interacting with their Sims, and even seem to learn skills faster than other Dogs. Neat H,C,D — Neat pets are naturally clean and love to be bathed. Nervous H — Nervous Horses see danger everywhere and can be startled by the most insignificant things. They tend to get along well with neurotic Sims who have the same problem. Being around other Pets and Sims make them nervous. Skittish C,D — Skittish Pets have a nervous disposition and are easily startled.

They need to spend some time being saddled and ridden by a trusted Sim to accept any rider. Below are all the Lifetime Happiness Rewards available to choose from for Pets, with the first letter of each pet representing a pet-specific reward. Also included, is the amount of LTH points needed to claim these rewards. Alpha Pet C,D 7, — Your pet is gifted with heightened senses when searching for prey or collectibles.

Results from hunting are greatly improved. Atomic Grazer H 4, — Gain the ability to Graze on any type of surface. Attitude Adjustment H,C,D 7, — Have you ever wondered how your favorite pet would be if they were loud instead of quiet? Neat instead of Piggy?

Go ahead and choose new traits for your Pet. Best Behavior C,D 2, — Save your furniture! Save your House! This reward will make it so your pet will never bite or scratch furniture, roll around in puddles and get into the trash can and litter box…unless of course you really want them too! Bottomless Pet Bowl C,D 15, — Give your pet a pet bowl that provides high quality sustenance and never needs refilling. Celestial Salt Lick H 10, — A little taste of paradise, disguised in the form of a sparkling salt lick.

It refills both hunger and thirst. Redeem it at the Science Facility to have a young clone of your pet join the household. You cannot purchase this reward if your household is full.

Desert Pony H 5, — An ability often taught in the arid lands of Al Simhara, but can now be bestowed upon your Horse. With this reward, exercise motives refill much faster. This guarantees larger litters for your pet. Friend of the Herd H 4, — Be the most popular Horse in town. Wild Horses are often attracted to your home lot. Fertilizer from box stalls used by this Horse, is always of the highest quality. Never Nauseous C,D 2, — Pets become immune from getting nauseous and vomiting.

Use it to keep your pets squeaky clean and free of fleas. Give your Horse a Box Stall that never needs to be cleaned. Pets with steel bladders lose the urge to pee. Super Smart Pet H,C,D 7, — Your Pet becomes super smart and can learn skills much faster, while making praising and scolding much more effective. Gain the ability to vomit at will. Cats have their very own hunting skill. Your Cat can begin learning this skill by playing with items found it the Pet Toy Crate!

The Hunting Skill consists of 10 levels. Each level offers more experience and options to the Cat. No matter what the skill level, delicious creatures are just a prowl away! Devour critters on the spot, or present them to your favorite Sims to show how much they are loved. This allows for selective catches of Turtles, Birds, Snakes etc.

Once your Cat has learned all the ropes in Hunting, Sims can also have them fetch for a specific type of prey to bring back home. After mastering the Hunting Skill, your Cat can then go ahead and complete the Skill specific Challenges. As a reward, the chance of catching and finding rarer Beetles is increased. As a reward, lizards, snakes and turles will always successfully be caught. As a reward the chance of catching rarer fish is increased.

As a reward the amount of time it takes to find prey is decreased. This expansion bring on 2 new types of skills for Dogs to learn. Hunting and Tricks. Hunting is useful for sniffing up collectibles and new types of broken fragments, while trick learning is a hidden skill useful for performing tricks at a dog show.

You can begin teaching your Dog to learn how to hunt via a Sim. Each level offers more experience and options to the Dog. When selected your Dog has the option to locate and fetch a specific collectible. Once your Dog has learned all the ropes in Hunting, Sims can also have them fetch for a specific type of collectible to bring back home.

After mastering the Hunting Skill, your Dog can then go ahead and complete the Skill specific Challenges. Tricks Hidden. Another skill type a Dog is able to learn are Tricks. Dogs can only learn this skill from a Sim.

There are 6 different types of Tricks for a Dog to learn. These tricks are useful for entering Dog Shows where your Dog can earn cash and win awards. The following tricks are available for a Dog to learn:. Trick Exhibition aka: Dog Trick Shows is a new interaction available to a Sim when interacting with a Dog that has learned at least 4 Tricks. This interaction will allow a Dog to show off their tricks to Surrounding Sims. Performing them will increase their experience per trick and help a Dog prepare for Trick Exhibitions.

If you take your Dog to a nearby location for example the Park , your Sim can put down a tip jar and have the Dog perform a trick exhibition. The better skilled the dog, the more simoleons you can make. There are not any skill challenges related to Tricks, however the game will keep stats on how many times the Dog has performed a specific trick via the skill journal. This expansion bring on 2 new types of skills for Horses to learn.

Racing and Jumping. A Horse will also gain the racing skill by galloping around town or when being ridden by a Sim. The Racing Skill consists of 10 levels.

Each level offers more experience and options to the Horse. The Horse may be pokey for now, but if s he continues to gallop around, follows a race training routine, and finds a good jockey, your Horse can join the storied ranks of the greatest racehorses of all time!

Horses can now help train their rider while training for a racing competition. Gallops are now faster. Who needs a car when you have this Horse? Thanks to all those long hours of hard work, this Horse is up there with some of the greatest racehorses of all time! After mastering the Racing Skill, your Horse can then go ahead and complete the Skill specific Challenges. Their racing fame makes them and their offspring far more valuable to horse buyers and breeders.

After achieving this milestone, every second spend galloping brings the utter joy and satisfaction of knowing one was born to run with the wind. These horses have built up their endurance to the point that they no longer get fatigued from race training. To begin raising the Jumping skill, you can take a Horse to the Equestrian Center for training, or purchase jump trainers for your home lot via buy mode.

The Jumping Skill consists of 10 levels. Becoming a skilled jumper will take a lot of practice on different jumping obstacles and courses, but with dedication and the right rider, your Horse can become an Equestrian legend! After mastering the Jumping Skill, your Horse can then go ahead and complete the Skill specific Challenges. Their jumping fame makes them and their offspring far more valuable to horse buyers and breeders. To enter these competitions, simply visit the Equestrian Center Monday-Saturday pm.

If your Rider lacks in Riding, the Horse may not be able to enter a certain type of Competitions or levels until the rider advances in the riding skill. Once you begin a competition, you will be able to select what type of effort you want to give Pace. There are several options available and all have benefits and downfalls. You will also notice that during the competitions, your placement may advance or drop.

Not only do the competitions earn you money, winning first place will also land your Sim some awesome trophies to display with pride. What better way to bring some new babies into your home than from your Pets mating? Having a new litter of kittens, puppies or a new foal, can bring joy to any household.

Cats and Dogs can have up to 3 babies in a litter, and Horses can have up to 2 foals at once. The fertility treatment does help increase the chances for more babies. Remember that you can only have up to 6 pets per household, and babies do count towards that number.

Well how about you get yourself some bundles of joy! Cats are allowed to mate with any cat they choose, as long as the relationship is high enough.

You will see the wedding rings symbol on their photos in the friendship panel. Make sure to have a Pet House around the house in order for the Cats to mate. The Woohoo portion of mating is full of music and a house which jumps up and down! Once it is confirmed your Cat is pregnant, the game will inform you to be ready for Kittens soon.

Gestation period for Cats in the game is 48 hours. Soon as the 2 days are over, your Cat will give birth to her kittens. Once your cat gives birth, make sure to name the kittens. By default the game names all pet babies Kitten 1, Kitten 2…etc. Genetics play a big role in Pet mating, and depending on what colors and fur shapes the two pets have, depends on how the offspring will look. In this example, all kittens took the color of their father, however one of them has the fur shape of their mother.

Kittens need love, attention and playtime. They cannot learn any skills, however they can play, run around, scratch, eat and sleep all they want. Saving: Saving your game regular in The Sims 3 Pets is a must, as the game itself suffers from a lot of crashes whilst saving. I recommend saving your game every minutes to prevent loss of progress.

I also recommend backing up your save date with multiple files as the game can sometimes corrupt game saves when crashing occurs. The in-game 'wishes' carry over to multiple saves, so multiple saves will make it easier to obtain various challenges. Hide ads.