Playing the five mini-games provides additional toyz, as well, as Dogz learn agility from Monkey at the Dojo in the Asian Temple, play tic-tac-toe with a prairie dog in the Wild West, compose music with Mr. In Dogz 5, canines can mature and have litters of up to four puppies, perform tricks, get sick, and play with a collection of 'toyz' which increases as they visit the various play scenes. Players must train, raise, feed, and play with their adopted pets, using spray bottles to enforce discipline as night and day cycle, weather changes, and interaction with Catz affect the process. Playscenes include sledding in the Canadian Snow, performing tricks in a European Circus, chasing prairie dogs in a spooky Wild West ghost town, catching Scarab Beetles in a palace, or searching for booty on a South Sea Island. Owners can unleash the frisky pups to scamper across desktops, romp in locales such as the kitchen, nursery, or backyard, and travel to a variety of pre-designed Adventure 'Playscenes' or create their own.

STOCK PHOTOS ONLY Developer Studio Mythos lets the 'dogz' out in this continuation of the popular virtual pet series that began in 1995. As far as these things go, this is good stuff.Item: 402758315604 Dogz 5 PC CD feed virtual desktop pet dog puppies tricks sledding animal game!. The visuals are also nice and sharp, with plenty of detail and lots of personality to the dogs, while the educational content is well implemented and mixed nicely with the entertainment aspects. There's a huge range of options to play around with here, so you've got a lot of lasting appeal. This is obviously aimed at a casual audience, but if you number yourself amongst that crowd and enjoy looking after virtual pets, then this does exactly what you need it to. The graphics have also seen an overhaul, while there's also lots more costumes to buy, more toys and a day/night cycle.

The new features available here include the ability to birth multiple pups when your dog breeds, more breeds to choose from, more minigames and new backgrounds to play on. After that, it's basically your job to look after this dog, taking it for walks, petting it, buying it new toys and so on. The basic concept sees the player adopting a pet dog, choosing from a number of breeds and then customizing them with a new name and suchlike. This one is quite similar to earlier installments but also introduces a number of new elements which help keep it feeling fresh. Hardcore gamers are obviously likely to sniff at this one, but if you've got youngsters and are interested in introducing them to real world animals as pets, it's actually a pretty good primer.

There's a huge amount of pet simulators in this franchise, including Petz, Catz and Dogz, and there's no prizes for guessing what sort of animal this one concentrates on.

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