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Here’s a quick run-down of things I’ve learned about Nintendogs over the past few months. 
- Puppies can only learn up to 14 voice commands so choose ‘em wisely
- Make sure your puppy is happy before he goes for a walk – he’ll find more good items
- Double-tapping on the screen will call all your puppies. Essential for commuter Nintendogging!
- The hunger-measurement thing pauses when they’re on a walk, so leaving it in sleep mode during a walk can save your butt if you won’t have time to feed your puppy for a day or two. Keep your DS charged though! (I haven’t tried this with multiple puppies. Let me know if it still works!)
- Long voice commands are more easily recognised than short ones
- Puppies won’t learn a command over time. I told my puppy to jump once a day for a week and got nothing. 5 times in one day and he got it.
- Check both shops whenever you go on a long walk. Sometimes they get in cool stuff like a keyboard or balloons or doggie treats when you have happy puppies!
- Puppies and balloons do not last long together. They’re pretty funny though.
- On long walks, yank your puppy’s leash to the right edge of the screen and hold it there. He’ll run along at a speedy pace to his next interesting point (or choke and whine, but just keep doing it and give him some lovin’ afterwards). Yank it to the top-right corner and he’ll jump like he’s hurdling! Pointless but cute.
- If you want to win at championship level, you better practice every day.
- Disc competitions: Use the same disc every time, throw it far and throw it straight ahead. That’s all you need to know.
- Agility trials: Just practice and be ruthless if your puppy does his little heartbreaking unhappy tail-down thing. Tough love works best and that little bugger knows exactly how cute he is.
- Obedience trials: I don’t know, sorry. I suck at these.
- Lots of puppies means lots of food. 2 puppies will eat 2 bowls of food at a time.
- Lots of puppies also means lots of lovin’. You better have a lot of spare time if you want three championship puppies!
BTW, where are all the Nintendogs?? I’ve been walking all over London in Bark Mode, haven’t met another Nintendo DS in bark mode! No sausage-dog or rat-dog for me… Oh well, no great loss.
Also, what is up with the dictionary box? What’s that supposed to be? “Clicka-clicka-clicka-clicka-CLONK!” Huh?
Updated 20th Jan 06: Added a few extra tips.
i really need to know how to get the beach house…… please help me
email me the answer at amberleasuntan@hotmail.co.uk
please email me if you don’t wanna post a reply coz i really need help
:>(
If you mean from the decorator, then you need enough money to pay for it …
One of my dogs found a chinese collar out on a walk and I got Shiba Inus in the kennel!
Its japanese not chinese there’s a difference. shiba inus are a japanese breed. to get a dalmatian you have to find a fireman’s hat. to get a jack russell you have you find a jack russell book happy finding! =p.
Lynn: You need to get the dog used to its name for a while and then u will get the icons i had to do three times because my older brother reset my game alot!
Hope this helps
Cheers Nat
I have a question and know if on nintendogs the dogs can have puppies?
No they can't have puppies, they never grow older than puppies themselves
I just put all my dogs in something in red.So whenever the fire truck pass i will be ready!
does the fire truck come around only once a day?
how do you get a beach house i hav enogh money but itaint in me shop
It will eventually be added when you have enough trainer points :-)
mine says there renovating and wont let me in been like that for a while
just wait one full day,it should be done,i found a mario kart in my house when i done that
Hey, i have 2 of the 3 games also i have the speciel version i found the Jack Rusell book i am a 2 time agility champion. I have unlock about 10 diffrent breed found the firemen hat and everything there nothing you can do
ITS JUSTE LUCK!
ive got the dalmation one and i started off with the firemans hat i alsofound 1 myself
Can anyone give me some tips for disk comps I can get up to expert but thats about it thanx
ps I got all nintendogs including dalmation, best friends, daschund, Chihuahua, and labra dor
Hi, I have nintendogs chihuaha version and i have had it for a long time but still havn’t gotten enough trainer points to unlock a mini shanuzer is there any way 2 get trainer points without working 4 them?
Thanx
Emma-Leigh
P.S. how do i get the firemens hat?
A little hint if you want trainer points and not work for them but you need your ds charger.
Required:
A wire brush (long haired dog)
Rubber Brush (short haired0
What you do is put you nintendogs game on while ur ds is charging and start brushing one of your dogs move the brush in the middle of the dogs body and leave ur ds on that over night you cant close the lid and ur ds must be on charge because you can leave it on overnight, You get about 3 trainer points per minute you have your brush on the dog.
Hope this helps.
Leanne
My dog lottiie doesnt do anything
hey Olivia i had that problem too but when it comes to the screen before it shows the dogs cut outs(the one with copyright on it) push all the buttons
i bought my ds on ebay and the top screen stays white also pertaining to the subject of nintendogs how do i know if a present on the street is coming
1. I think your DS is broken.
2. You can never know if a present is coming. It is a suprise.
in order to get trainer points without working u can go to like the brushing screen and start brushing ur dog. Plug in the charger and close ur ds. U get one point for every minute it's in. Sorry this suckss but it's the only way i know! p.s. i don't know how to start my game and iv'e tried a lot of times. HELP PLEASE!!!!!!!
You should tap the screen multiple times.
I can`t go out and buy things for my dog and my 3 friends could do that just when they got the game.
I can just stroke the dog.
i have dalmations and friends. does anyone know what all the dogs are that i can earn on this game?
When you Dont see any Icons on the top left corner of your screen first u hav to mame your dog to do that just get your dogs attention and keep on petting it till it saYS TO NAME IT THEN YOU HAVE TO KEEP CALLIN ITA NAME UNTILL IT REMEMBERS IT AND THEN YOU HAVE TO TEACH IT SIT TRUST ME ITS EASY AND THEN YOU CAN GET ON WITH YOUR LIVES WALA!!!!!!!!
But what if you have learned the dog its name, and to sit, and you've played with the dog for a long time, bought new dogs and learned them the same. And one day the icons gone! And you can not take care of the three poor dogs. Do you have any tips what to do then, to get the icons back??? My daughter would be very happy if you have any tips that could help us!!!
Ok can someone help me? I have apparently totally ruined my little boys Nintendogs!! I took it off him while he was creating a new dog and turned it off before he could name it. Apparently it now is out of control. What can be done? Can I do anything because I feel really abd about it. (although he was being naughty at the time) I would really like to fix this, any ideas. Mum
I assume you've solved the problem already, since it happend several weeks ago. I just want to tip you about another problem that can accour. My daughter lost the icons on her Nintendogs, and it seems like there could be trouble if you turn of the game while it's saving. (But we still hope she can get the icons back…)
I have only one question .. how do yu get training points ??
plz plz help me !!!
if you want to find more rare items on a walk make sure you feed your dog and give it water before the walk, that way you will have more chance of finding more valuable items!
my grandaughter has lost a dog it ran away. any way to recover it
According to the handbook the dog should come back by itself. But if she donated it at the dog-hotel, its lost…
First go to the supplies list then go to care and their should be food and if their is not go to the store.
PLEASE HELP a 5 year old girld! My daughter has been taking so good care of her dogs since she got Nintendogs. But one day the icons don't longer appair on the screen! We've teached all her three dogs new tricks, but no good. Is there anyone that can help us getting the icons back, so that my daughter can continue taking care of her dogs???
my 7 yr old got the game for Christmas, and we have both tried to teach the dog his name, and it won't get it (it's not a hard name, just John). Now the dog is panting (I'm assuming thirsty?) and seems to have fleas, and there are no icons anywhere due to the fact that we can't teach sit until we teach the name. she is now so frustrated she doesn't want to play at all anymore. i'm going to try resetting and starting over, but if it fails this time, i'm selling it, unless you have any other ideas?
Its important that you say the name with the same voice and at the same way every time. When you learn the dog tricks you have to do the trick five times in a row before it learns. It may be the same teaching the dog its name. My experience is that the name isn't very important when you've got the game started. You can then tap the screen to make the dog come to you. So maybe you should try teaching the dog its name. She can play with the dog, and teach it tricks even though you "named" it.
1 idea try saying it in the same tone like a high pitched tone and a low one wont work and it will take 5-6 time dont feed the dog the light bulb it wont learn it and you will have to try agin
Hi, my 7 yr old sister just bought nintendogs, and her dog keeps forgetting its name, and there are no buttons to go out or supplies. She is very dissapointed and frustrated. Please help!
My sister has had the same problem. She did not have the "go out" or "supplies" menus for ages.
It was because I had not petted, named and trained my dog.
A sort of text box should pop up on the home menu if you haven't been able to play with it in a while
saying that your dog has forgotten his name. You will be asked to teach your dog its name again. After you do that a tutorial should start up teaching you the basics. Once you complete this tutorial
the "supplies" and "go out" menus should come up!
Hope this helps!!
I have a nintendogs(Daschund & friends). I chose a Shih Tzu. Now there are no icons by which i can have access to any of the supplies, i can't go for a walk or anything. I can just pet that dog.
Its all filthy and thirsty and hungry. Please please please i beg of you help me or else i am gonna go mad and throw my nintendo away.PLEASEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have a problem: you know that if your dog is supposed to be left on home for a while, it should run off – then when you call it, come back with a present ? well my dog has not done that yet. And how can i get the jack russell book and the fireman hat?
my dod has gone and ANOTHER In its place ??? Help !!! I had a dalmation then next time i went on it was a beadle in its place with the same name!! wats happened??
WOW THANKS!!
hey how long does it take for your house to be renovated on nintendogs chihuahua and friends???
plz help moi!
right guys i have got like loads of expiriance on nintendogs more than u lot think u have! :O
if you ant to know all the cheats too nintendogs and more awesome tips (better than these!)
just e-mail me on sophie7ps@hotmail.co.uk please thank yuu.x
my dogs are letting me walk them and I have waited 45 min and ussally it rake 30 min so what do I do cause I am tired of checken ervery five min so pls help my
hi ive just started the game again and i have brought a dog, took it home and named it but it wont let me do anything else! there are no icons on the left handside saying supplies or go out! how do i get them?????
my miniature dachshund Fluffy came first in the champion thing of the obedience, agility and disc competitions. Email me at leahpie123@yahoo.co.uk if you want help with any.
how do you get new locations for your home?
i just got the ninten dog and he wont learn his name lucky. i have tried about 11 times and he is buging me for not learning it. can you help?
Hello Lynn. U said that there are no icons etc. HAVE YOU NAMED YOUR DOG AND TEACHED IT TO SIT??????????If not,don’t expect any icons to come!!!
This game is a complete con. I am absolutely furious.
My 5yr old daughter got it for Xmas and Santa spent £20 on it (about $30 USD). She has frequently loaded the game up for the last two months to find a Labrador Puppy will come on the screen, walk about a bit and while she can pat it with the stylus nothing else happens. She has renamed it and that is as much fun as she has had out of this game.
It says it is for three year olds on the box – rubbish. And this thread pretty much confirms that. Is there some kind of link back to the head office in Japan where loads of techie morons piss themselves laughing every time a child taps or presses the wrong button, shutting off options forever and completely wrecking their ability to enjoy the game that has cost their parents a great deal of money.
Next Christmas we won’t be getting her any more crap from Nintendo
hmmm…..dave, you seem to have a piece of crap that was a cheat!!! in nintendogs, which i am playing THIS VERY MINUTE, has about 12 dogs to choose from in every game!!! there are three colors and patterns per breed, so i think yours is a cheat. you can feed, water, brush, give treats, take on walks, go to competitions, teach tricks, and use voice commands to your dog!!!!! RETURN the fake game!
all i can do on my nintendogs is call it’s name, and it wont let me pass that point. does anyone know how to get passed this stage?
Its seems that most of you are having toruble with the games, Why not take it up with nintendo?? I’m sure they will be happy to help :L
so i hear people say that when they hear the fire truck that its a good time to go for a walk to get the fire hat.
oops. i forgot my message! i cannot get my dalmatian to learn its name….. i tried everything!!!!! literally ill held it where its supposed to be ive said it the same way each time and it still wont work!!!! pleaseeeee help!!!!