Dog's Life/Walkthrough

Dog's Life/Walkthrough/table of contents

The First Bone
A boy comes over to Jake and says that he'll race him to the top of the hill, and you just need to follow him to where he stops and then talk to him. He will tell you that he beat you, and then you need to follow him around for a bit longer. After a while, he will stop, and give you a bone.

The Bone in the House
Go into SOV mode,and you will find some green scents leading behind the farmhouse. Get them all and race Lopez, the local Chihuahua. She is easy to beat as she only has 1 bone. When you have beaten her, you will automatically take control of her. While in control of Lopez, go through the cat flap on the front door, and pick up the bone. She will take it to Jake.

Guitarists Batteries
There's a guitarist sitting on the pier type thing that's over the river, and he tells you that he'll give you a bone if you get all his batteries for him. These are the locations of the batteries; Bring the guitarist all his batteries and he will give you a bone.
 * In a cave behind the waterfall
 * Next to a tree near the pier-type thing
 * In a bin in front of the farmhouse
 * Behind the tractor shelter

Purple scents
Here are the locations of some of the purple scents in this level: Get all the purple scents to get a bone in the dog bowl next to the dog kennel
 * 4 on the roof of the farmhouse (one of them is in the attic)
 * 3 on the road that leads to the Watermill
 * 3 across the road that leads to the fork leading to the Big Field and Village Houses
 * 2 in Gramps' garden
 * 15 on top of the hill
 * 2 behind the dog cage that Jake was put in at the beginning
 * 8 up a path behind the Farmhouse
 * 3 in the barn, one of which is on the tallest hay bale
 * 1 on one of the platforms behind the watermill

Gramps
There's an old man called Gramps, who is Daisy's owner, and first of all, you have to bark to wake him up. He will talk for a while to the boy, and then he will ask you what tricks you can do. First he will ask you to sit, then stand, and finally lie down. After all that, he will drop a bone.

Basketball
There is a basketball hoop on the wall of the barn, and there is a ball on the floor nearby. Throw the ball through the basketball hoop three times, and a bone will fall down. You will hear a sound if the ball goes through the hoop.

Other Bones
These are the other bones in the level.
 * In the dog bowl if you beat Lopez at both the race and the peeing challenge (the yellow scents are round the horse's paddock)
 * Buried on top of the hill (use SOV to find it)
 * Inside the barn (move the hay bales and jump up them to get to it)

Farmhouse Doggy Do
The red scents are all around the tractor, two are beside it, one on the shelter above it, and one on the shelter next to it. These are the doggy do moves.
 * Round 1: sit, stand, sit, stand
 * Round 2: sit, stand, break wind/poo
 * Round 3: shake, sit, Beg 1

Lumberjack's Axe
There is a lumberjack standing next to the watermill, who will most probably be the first person you encounter in the Watermill area. He's lost his axe, and he wants Jake to find it for him. To get to the axe, go around the side of the small yard to the watermill, up the hill, and you will find a slope that leads to a sort of stone arch. There is a path along here, so follow it, and you will come to four wooden steps. You can jump straight to the third one, and continue along the path when at the top. You will go round two corners, and eventually, you will find a plank of wood. Walk (or run) down the plank, and you will find the axe. Alternatively, you could just follow the lumberjacks footprint trail in SOV mode.

Swan Bone
If you go onto the small island in the middle of the water, you will find a bone. If you get close enough to it, a swan will fly out from the water and grab it. to get the bone back, do a tug-of-war match with the local dog (a dalmatian) and when you have taken control of him, jump into the water close to the swan. The dalmatian is a faster swimmer than Jake. When you are close enough, the dalmatian will bring you the bone. The scents for the tug-of-war and pursuit are on the island.

Mad Scientist
On the opposite side of the river, there is a hill sort of area, and there is a man at the top of the path. When you talk to him, he will say that he is going to be the first person to send a home-made rocket to Pluto, but when he sets it off, it explodes in the sky, and he asks you to find all the pieces for him. You cannot use SOV to find them, as there are no footprint trails leading to them, but these are the locations where the pieces landed; When you have brought all four pieces back, he will give you not one, but two bones!
 * On the path leading up to where the scientist is (you can't miss it)
 * On the small island in the middle of the lake
 * On top of the hill you went up to get the lumberjacks axe
 * In the fireplace inside the watermill (jump onto the hay bale, onto the balcony, and through the window to get inside)

Secret Bone
If you go behind the waterfall, you will find a path. Go up the path (going down just leads to a pool of water) and jump over the two gaps. Then, continue up the path, and eventually you will get to the end of it, which sticks out slightly. Turn the camera a bit, and you will see a ledge on the other side of the cave. Jump over to it, and you will find a bone.

Purple Scents
Here are the locations of the purple scents in this level. Get all the purple scents for a bone in the dog bowl
 * 41 on the side of the river with the watermill (some along the path to the axe)
 * 2 in the cave behind the waterfall
 * 7 on the side of the river where the mad scientist is

Watermill Doggy Do
These are the moves in this Doggy Do challenge. There are two red scents in the yard of the watermill, one beside a tree, and one near the lumberjack. Now you can try out the begging move on the lumberjack (although he might be too busy saying how much he loves his axe.)
 * Round 1: sit, stand, break wind/poo, break wind/poo
 * Round 2: sit, Beg 1, stand
 * Round 3: sit, Beg 1, stand, Beg 2

Other Bones
These are the remaining bones in the level;
 * In the dog bowl if you beat the dalmatian at both the tug-o-war and the pursuit
 * Buried on the island in the middle of the lake

Scarecrow
There is a man in an army suit in a crop field, and if you go and talk to him, he complains that the birds 'attack' him whenever he tries to repair the scarecrow. When he has finished talking, he will start to walk towards the scarecrow, but if he gets hit by the birds too many times, he will turn around and walk back. To get rid of the birds, run around the man barking, and when he gets to the scarecrow, run around the scarecrow aswell. When the man has finished repairing the scarecrow, you get a bone.

Herding Sheep
The farmer wants Jake to teach his sheepdog to round up the sheep. To do this, beat the collie in the digging challenge, and chase the sheep into the pen. It takes a while to get the hang of getting the sheep to go where you want them to, but basicly, if you want the sheep to go right, go left. when you have rounded up all the sheep, you get a bone.

Blue Scent Challenge
The blue scent is in the gap of the fence next to the road. Then, the next two scents will be on the field side of the fence. The next two after that will be in the road side, the next two on the field side, and after that, they will be on alternate sides of the fence. Get them all in the time limit, and a bone will appear in the dog bowl.

Purple Scents
This is where the scents are in this level; Get them all for a bone in the dog bowl.
 * Loads in the field (about 4 of which are in the sheep pen)
 * Some in th crop field
 * 3 by a log the other side of the crop field

Other Bones
These are the remaining bones in the level;
 * In the dog bowl if you beat the border collie at both the digging and peeing challenges
 * 2 near the rocks next to the crop field
 * Buried near the scarecrow in the crop field

Fox Hunting
The chicken farmer wants Jake to catch the fox for him. To catch the fox, wait in the middle of the chicken coop area, and when the fox comes in, chase after him. It's simular to a pursuit challenge, except you are chasing a fox, not a dog. In SOV, the fox will leave a trail of orange smoke, so if you lose him, look for it. When you have got close enough to the fox, it will run away into a cave. The chicken farmer will give you a bone, and apparently his foxhound disappeared (Jake is a foxhound, I don't know why that sounds so wierd.)

Get The Articles
The chicken farmer knows about the dog napping, because he read it in the paper. The only problem is, he tore it up to use as bedding for his chickens. To get the newspaper article back, beat the pug in the tug-of-war challenge. Then, go into each of the coops, and you can pick up one piece of paper in each one. You don't have to take each piece of paper back to the chicken farmer, but you do need to collect them all before the timer runs out, and you return to controlling Jake. When you've got all four pieces, you will get a bone.

Blue Scent Challenge
The blue scent is ontop of one of the chicken coops (the one nearest the dog kennel.) The next scent is on the coop next to it, and the third is on the coop opposite that one. The next scent after that is on the final chicken coop (that you havn't been on already) and the rest are easy to find. The final scent is over the log next to the dog kennel, so once you've got them all, it isn't far to get the bone in the dog bowl.

Purple Scents
Basicly, go all round the area collecting purple scents, but don't go over the log untill you have 34 scents, then you know you'll have all the scents in the level (the 34 scents don't include the three scents next to and on the log.) These are the locations of the scents on the chicken's side of the river; There are lots more around the area, so get them all for a bone in the bowl.
 * 1 behind the house
 * some around the van
 * 1 inside the house
 * 4 or 5 by a tree near the road back to the Big Field area

Other Bones
These are the other bones in the level.
 * In the dog bowl if you beat the pug at both the tug-o-war and the pursuit
 * Buried in the area where the purple scents are
 * On the back of the truck
 * Under a bin behind the truck

Missing Doll
There's a lady standing next to the playground, and next to her is a baby's pram (you can't actually see the baby inside) and the baby is crying. Apparently, it dropped it's doll somewhere, and the lady wants Jake to find it to stop her crying. The doll in inside the tunnel in the playground. When you take the doll back, the lady asks you to throw it into the pram, and once you've done that, you will be rewarded with a bone.

Delivering A Note
If you talk to the boy on the roundabout, he says that a girl called Mary-Jane has been grounded by her mum. He wants you to take her a note to cheer her up. Mary-Jane's house is the one with the lady standing in the porch. If you go near her as Jake though, she will say "Get away from here you nasty dog" and will not let you inside. So, drop the note in the garden, and go and challenge the local puppy Shnooki to a race. Once you have beaten her, go into the garden, but avoid going near the lady untill you have picked up the note. Then, once you have picked it up, walk over to the lady, and she will let you in. You cannot control Snooki in the house, however, because the timer changes to zero as soon as you start being talked to by the lady. Mary-Jane will give Snooki a bone after that, and she will take it to Jake.

Scaredy-Postman
There's a postman standing next to the house at the end of the road (he'll be there after he's been to the other houses) and if you talk to him, he says that the jack russel in the garden is a syco dog, and so he can't deliver the mail. You need to trap the dog in the garage. To do this, press the button on the wall next to the garage door. Then, press psx: S to tell the dog to follow you. If you have more than three bones, it will follow Jake. Run inside the garage, and hold down psx: S Hold to tell it to stay. Finally, run back outside again and press the button to the garage door. When the door has closed, the postman will give you a bone.