Animals must be correctly named

(Year 232, Summer) You might have seen a foreign mini goat and wondered where it belongs? Many of us have. They might appear on your ranch, in your back court, or maybe by the photo booth outside the local recreation center. There might be a name tag telling its name, but not any last name giving a hint on who are the owners.

A mini goat visiting a photo booth in San Sequoia.

The Health & Welfare dept. has now received too many complaints to ignore this problem. Therefore, from next year it will be obligatory to include the owner's family name on that tag!

Households of Mt. Komorebi: Ito Family (+ the Sacred Cats)

(Year 230, Summer) I decided to write more about the many households in my game, including some details on cultural and historical aspects. I like to share, and it might also help sorting out further paths and provide much needed inspiration for my own game.

4th protected family of Simerinia:
Ito Family

Protector of the Cat, Protected by the Hydrangea, Element Hope & Worry.

Originally there were 7 protcted families in each of the 3 kingdoms that are today forming the Empire of Snorthia. The Ito family hails from Simerinia, once led by the Ming dynasty.

This family expired in Simerinia, but continued in Mt. Komorebi as Myotashi Princi-ichi, son of Emperor Ludvort and Berubi Concubine, established his own family with a woman hailing from the Ito family. Their son, Naoki Ito, is current head of this family and they reside at 2-4-2 Wakabamori, Wakaba, where they breed the sacred cats.

Diego Lobo - Poodles, Manicure & Yoga Romance

 (Year 227) Diego Lobo (47) has been a celebrity ever since he started out as an Art Critic as a teenager. When his father, Santiago Lobo, died, Diego became Head of the House of Lobo, but never established his own family, which would be the obvious thing to do to secure the future of your House. Diego lived a rather eccentric life in his rented Uptown mansion, which he shared with two poodles. Recently he was warned that House of Lobo will expire unless he reports at least one more member, forcing him to involve his less successful Sim City relatives.

The two Poodles became 4, and it became a challenge managing 4 large dogs in an apartment, especially when Diego is busy planning his next art performance.

Pink Dogs for Sale

(San Myshuno, Y226) Diego Lobo is currently advertising two of his poodle dogs for sale. They grew up rather quickly, and he realized that 4 big dogs will be too much in a city apartment.

Samson is male, a pink vocal and jumpy couch potato that will love it in an active home.

Cats and dogs moving in!

(TS4 - EP Cats & Dogs) I'm really enjoying this expansion pack. The pets come with a much better individual approach than in previous versions, I find their personality is a lot more diverse. They are charming, too, and a great assets to most families.

I'm not really into RL pets enough to gasp over all those breeds that are available. To me it would be just fine to have five generic versions to choose from. I'll never make use of all those detailed breeds on offer, and never did in previous series, but other simmers will enjoy the rich library, of course.

Also, there was introduced a new sim count meaning there is now a limitation to how many sims your game can handle. It's a rather generous limit though, but you obviously is not meant to fill up all your worlds and homes with families, like I do. You would reach your limit rather quickly. My game is the kind of played families on most residential lots in all worlds, and I like them to spread and mix, building family trees over the generations. Families I played the week TS4 was released are still in my game. So, it would be a headache needing to get rid of a single soul. Luckily I can go on with my strategy, but I can't add many more, and it means only a few families can have pets because they count as sims in this manner. Fair enough.

In my Gloomville (aka Willow Creek) the Crumpleton family has resided Uptown for ages. This family more or less founded Gloomville, and they built themselves a fortune. They have two Siamese cats, Bart and Lucia.

Touring Brindleton Bay, Whiskerman's Wharf

(The Sims 4, EP Cats & Dogs) When getting access to a new world, I love wandering about exploring all those small nooks and streets, finding those hidden views and trying to figure the location's history. In 4 parts I'll show you my Brindleton Bay favorites.

Let's start with the Whiskerman's Wharf district, nice area packed with great dockside atmosphere alongside those small, cozy streets climbing into the hills. What's this place's history, and what might the locals be like?

Taking a step back, I'm surprised to see how crowded Brindleton Bay actually is. On both sides of the waters you will find tight groups of small residential houses. It's a lush area, still with plenty of industry, old and new.

Cats and Dogs - Brindleton Bay Screenshots

The Sims 4 Cats and Dogs EP is just around the corner - to be released on November 10th, and yesterday there was a stream session showing off the new world, Brindleton Bay. I captured a few screenies to share with you in case you want to refresh all those views!

Brindleton Bay comes with the countryside feel, but also includes the feel of a smalltown and the open ocean. Here's the world screen as you enter.

Coming up: The Sims 4 Cats and Dogs

Pets are coming to the Sims 4 universe! Release date November 10th is only 5 weeks ahead!

This time the pets expansion focuses on cats and dogs, only, but there will also be raccoons and foxes. For the first time you can dress up your cat or dog, and in addition your sim can become a vet and run a Clinic.

Sounds good to me! Click here to head over to thesims.com for Cats and Dogs news and video and the latest screenshot releases!