Though I do use some custom content for Create-a-Sim I don’t use anything that changes gameplay. I believe there is a mod out there to allow for playable pets, but I have not tried this so I don’t know what it’s like. It forces you to train them and check in on them to make sure their needs are being met. I wish you could control the pets but I get way they didn’t make this an option. You can also neuter and spay pets just like in real life either by taking them to the vet or getting a surgery station for your sim’s home. Each pet has something they love and something they are scared of. They have fears and obsessions with random things. From going to the bathroom outside to being well mannered. Though it seems slightly annoying like toddlers with multiple pets at a time, you have to train them in basically everything. You can’t check on their needs, but you can interact with them. Another difference, you can’t control them. Unlike pets in The Sims 3, you can only have dogs and cats but hundreds of choices of each (including dingos, foxes, and raccoons which are neither dogs nor cats). Though that doesn’t mean I won’t get and use every other pack that comes out. Now all we need is seasons, and in my opinion the sims is complete. I love seeing the animals around all the neighborhood as it makes everything seem so much more realistic. I’m over the moon that there are pets in the sims again. To say I’m beyond excited is an understatement.

I actually have a 5 star vet clinic in my personal game and have recreated my dogs as well. Which is something that I have wanted in the worst way since The Sims 4 came out years ago. A few weeks ago The Sims 4 came out with a new expansion pack called Cats & Dogs.

Sims 4 free cats and dogs pack