Hey there,
I got this game (with a ds) for Christmas- and I love it!
First, you choose your dog. When
you're at the kennal, in case if there isn't a special
color you want, go back to choosing your dog,
and keep going back to the breed you want until you get what
gender and color you want.
Then, you take your cute puppy home.
They say that you have to wait for your puppy to
get used to its new home.
In case if it doesn't settle down after a while; give it
love and pet it for a bit.
Then, it'll calm down. Once it has, you have to pronounce
its new name loud and clearly.
Some dogs learn fast, therefore it wont be hard to train
them. Some puppies take a lot of patience to train. When
you buy your new puppy, it'll say what the puppy's like.
Your puppy's name can only have seven letters. Shame, I wanted
to call mine butterscotch!
After your puppy has learned it's new name, time to train
it sit. Again, it might take a while to train your puppy.
When it has learned sit, it'll be time to go to the store.
You'll need to buy food, water, shampoo, a brush and a collar.
In case if you don't know if your puppy is a short-hair
or long-hair; when you're at home you can click on it's name
and it'll tell you. It'll also say how dirty or hungry it is.
If you don't have much money, take your puppy out on a walk to
the discount shop. Everything's cheaper there. When you're
drawing the rout you want to take, go ontop of the question
marks- they could be other dogs or presents. If you find
presents you don't want, you can sell it at the discount shop.
When you're out on walks, you must obey the law and pick up
poop. Disgusting, I know. Tap on the poop to pick it up.
If you find presents on the floor, grab you puppy's leash
and drag it to the item. When you meet other dogs, drag your
puppy's leash towards the other puppy.
After you've been on your walk, your puppy's probably thirsty.
To keep them healthy, give them water and dry food. If they've
won a contest, you can treat them by giving them milk and
a can of dog food.
Your puppy might be dirty. Take a look for yourself.
If they are, get prepared. With the shampoo you bought,
scrub your puppy and soak it with suds. When the shower icon
blinks, it's time to rinse. I'm sure you know you have to
wash off the suds.
The dirtier your dog is, the longer it'll take to get them
clean.
After you've bathed them, it's best to brush them to get them
REALLY clean.
It's best to make them this clean if you're entering a
contest. If you want to enter them in an agility contest,
take them on a walk, a half an hour later than last time, and take them to the gym. Oh yeah, the more you take them on walks,
the longer you can take them. Make sure when you're drawing
the rout to end it back at your house.
So, practise makes perfect. The more you take your dogs in
contests, the better they'll get. My dogs walk all over town
and they're champions in every contest. Now, I do diagree with
other reviewers about the contests. I think it's good that
you can only take them three times a day because that way they
wont be tired out! Going in contests and selling things
you don't need at the second hand shop is a good way of
making a little money.
After such a big day, your dog will be hungry. With the food
you bought, you must feed them when they need it.
Make sure you have enough food, drink and shampoo before
you go out buying toys. If you've bought tous, it's time
to play! After you've played and your puppy is happy
you can train them. Don't train them too much, otherwise
they wont want to until the next day.
The more you go into contests, the more points you'll get
and they'll add up. Sometimes you'll get new dogs in
the kennel.
The more you play with your dog at nght, the more they'll
spend the daytime sleeping.
If you want another dog, you'll have to save up a bit
more than the dog costs because you'll have to buy more.
And if you have a long-haired dog, the more expensive
things are. You can only have three dogs at home. But, you
can always let the dog hotel look after a dog or two and you can buy more. Bot I say that having more than three dogs is
hard because you have to swap them in the hotel.
If you don't want a dog anymore, if you go to the hotel,
you can donate a dog and they'll be adopted by another
person and you'll never see them again. I think this
is a great game for those who can't get a dog. The graphics
are very good and very realistic.
I have all the nintendogs packs, and I'd recommend all three
of them to anyone who loves dogs! Oh, and one last VERY
important thing. Nintendogs are almost real, and since you
have to ick up they're stinky business, you must bathe, feed and water your dog every day. If you don't, they'll think
you don't love them and they'll run away for a while.
You must play with them everyday, too otherwise they'll
run aay because they're lonley. When they come back,
don't yell. Give them lots of attention and love them
twice as much.
Enjoy the game, and if you don't have it,
stop looking at stores and get it, already!