btw I was wondering if anybody could make a mod that would replace the dog with a a virtual villager?

Ooh!

You want them to keep a villager as a pet?

Now that would be interesting! However, i don't see how it's possible.

That's actually a really cool idea. The VF people already play VV1 on their computers, why not have one of the villagers jump out of the screen and run around?
It would be time consuming, possibly frustrating, but do-able. The real challenge comes from choosing a villager head/body combo! So many choices!

There are three pets in VF, so that's 3 times a challenge

I think the idea is awesome, I think they might look like Virtual Robots following the children around all day long

Well, HC did say to replace the dog, so it's not as much a challenge. (Besides, it would be easier to narrow it down to three rather than one.) I think the dog is definitely the best choice, though, since the turtle moves far too slowly, and the cat has that scratching action, which would be really odd with a villager.

Yeah, it would be weird if a villager was scrathing the couch. I don't think that the villager would be a pet, more like a freindly visitor that came through a time warp. (Or the computer)

Not that this isn't a good idea. I really like this idea, and I would be all for doing it, but like I said, there's a lot of choices. (And letting people customize who they want would open a whole 'nother can of worms I really just don't want to get into lol)