After you have chosen your puppy or kitten, it will appear in the back garden. Game tips will continously appear at the top of the screen telling you how to do things. A 'trick of the day' will also come up.
Call your Pet[edit]
If you want to give your pet a treat, stroke it, or teach it tricks, you need to call them. Do this by clicking on the screen. Your pet will then come to it's beloved master. Click on the house icon or on either arrow at the side to return to the room.
The In-Game Menu[edit]
On the bottom left side of the screen are four icons, one of which only appears after you call your pet. You can choose to go back to view of the whole the room (after you call your pet), give it a treat, scold it or tell it to perform a trick.
Treats are mainly used when teaching your pet a trick, but you can give your pet a treat at any time so long as you have one in your inventory. If you run out of treats, the icon will be shaped as a heart instead and you just generally give them love. To give your pet a treat, click on the bone or fish icon and a dog or cat biscuit will appear. Then click on your pet to give them the treat.
Scolding your pet doesn't seem to really do anything, apart from lower it's affection. Therefore, it's not a good idea to use this. But if you do wish to scold your pet for something, click on the squirter icon and click your pet.
On the bottom right is a dog or cat icon. Click on this to see your pet's status. Click on it again to 'hide' the status bars.
In the top left hand corner the options are Options, Take Photo and Contests. Contests lets you take part in talent shows, Options takes you to the pause menu, and Take Photo takes a snapshot of your pet which can be viewed in the scrapbook.
In the top right hand corner the options are Store and My Stuff. Store takes you to the shopping menu, and My Stuff shows your inventory at the bottom of the screen.
Stats[edit]
As shown in the image above, your pets have Stats. These indicate what their strengths are. They also increase gradually, mainly through learning or performing tricks or petting.
Intelligence increases as your pet learns tricks, or does difficult tricks. The more intelligent your pet gets, the more likely it will be to understand tricks.
The more Stamina your pet has, the slower it's needs drop. Stamina is increased by doing tricks.
Agility shows how well your pet will be able to do difficult tricks. This includes Roll Over, Beg, Stand High and Jump. Agility increases as it does these tricks.
Obedience increases as your pet does tricks or brings toys back to you, but this can be helped by giving them a treat afterwards. If your pet's affection metre gets too low, it's obedience will decrease, but can be raised again by some petting. The more obedient your pet, the more likely it is to want to perform the tricks you command.