I bought a dog with my first gen family and he has lived through 5+ generations now.. and I keep singing over and over in my head.

"The Dog that never dies, he just live on and on my friends. People started wondering, what has he done to live on and on like this. It's the Dog that never dies, he just lives on and on my friends."

LOL!!!! That's right Angela0125; VF pets never die. I have a cat that has gone through six generations of people now.

LOL, that just got me to thinking...This cat really does have nine lives. He's lived 6 now. I might hold on to see if I can take him to #9.

For awhile I was trying to get a new pet for each generation... it only worked long enough to get each pet once. Now I just replace the pet when I get the chance!

I was trying to figure out, if I have fish now, do they count as an actual pet..so if I were to get one of these: turtle, cat, or dog would they trade each other or I could have both, fish and a cat?

The pets pop up in the store now and then. They're $500. I think they improve happiness, but don't quote me on that!!

The fish are always there after you buy the upgrade.


edited about upgrade

Personally, I bought ONE dog and thats been enough lol. Like you say, he is the energizer doggie, he keeps going and going and going. Sometimes he follows everyone around but it NEVER says anything about any interaction, like "pets poochies head" or "throws a bone for Fido", SO I quit getting pets...since I don't see much use for them lol. Guess $500 isn't bad though since they don't eat and you never have to take them to the vet LOL!

The only real use I have found for the animals is as stress relief for me. When my real dog or cat act up, I poke at the virtual version until it runs away. If I need more relief, I wait the few minutes for it to come back and do it all over again.

Wow you are a meanie lol. I am surprised it doesn't run away! Someone else said they touched it a few times (I am sure they didn't mean poke, poke poke lol \8' ) the dog ran through the hedges and didn't come back!

Actually it does come back shortly after it runs away. That is why I started using them as virtual therapy! Much better to make the virtual boomerang dog run away than to even consider doing anything mean to my real fluffballs.

LOL!!! I like to pester the dog/cat too and make them run into the bushes. It's just something to do while they're preparing a meal, eating or something else.