

Add dogs, cats, birds, or guinea pigs to your Sims family. Whether it's kids cuddling kittens, adults watching TV with a drowsy Calico, or elders spending a sunny day in the park with their faithful German Shepherd, your Sims will share a lifetime of special moments with their pets. Choose from dozens of dog and cat breeds including Pug and Persian. Or create your own unique cat or dog by modifying its body type, face shape, fur color, markings, and more. Then pick a personality! Is your Boxer gifted or goofy, your Burmese hyper or lazy? You decide! Cross different breeds to create designer pets or make new ones and register them to appear in Create-A-Family as a unique breed. Your Sims can teach their pets tricks like shake, fetch, roll over, and more. Unruly pets might topple the trash or scratch the sofa, but Sims can change their pets' ways with the right training. Skilled pets can have careers of their own and earn a living as Movie Stars, Rescue pets, or members of an elite Security Pet Corps. Upload your favorite Sim pets to TheSims2.com to share with other The Sims™2 Pets players through the Exchange.
| Abandoned Pets Make Purr-fect Companions (WXYZ-TV Detroit) With our difficult economic times people aren't the only ones suffering, abandoned pets are as well. |
| 'Foreclosure Pets' Filling Up Shelters Nationwide (WCBS-TV New York) The family pet is becoming the latest victim of the crumbling economy. Animal shelters across the country are being inundated with pets that people can no longer afford. |
| SA pets also feeling economic pinch - SPCA (Independent Online) Many pets are also reportedly feeling the economic pinch as they are left emaciated and abandoned. |
| Bunnies are pets too, you know! (Helena Independent Record) Cats and dogs aren?t your only choices for family pets. What about a bunny ? like Cadbury or Cubby? |
| Canines, other pets need protection from heat (The Daily Item) The dog days of summer can be deadly for household pets. As a heat wave envelopes the North Shore this weekend, local veterinarians are urging pet owners to use caution when taking their pet outdoors. |
