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Trick-or-Treat to Save Money and Stock Up on Food in Pet Society

Pet Society Living — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 01:19:06 +0000

Halloween has returned to Pet Society and the trees in your pet’s neighborhoods are filled with candy. The candy you collect on your rounds of tree shaking can be:

Sold for 1 Coin,
Fed to a friend’s pet to earn 2 Coins and 5 Paw Points,
Sent as a gift for 1 Paw Point, or
Eaten for 5 Paw Points and 32 Health Points.

One thing that makes Pet Society better than the real world is that Pet Society candy is really nutritious! It only takes three pieces of candy to fill up your pet, and just two pieces will make him or her stop slouching.

If your pet has money problems (and who doesn’t) and needs to find a cheaper way to eat so he or she can afford all the expensive furniture and clothes in the shops, you should try to store up enough Halloween candy to feed your pet for a good part of the coming year.

Because you are allowed to have 99 of each candy, with 6 different kinds of candy, you can store up to 594 pieces of candy in your chest.

But there’s a trick to getting lots of treats. The more candy you have in your chest, the less you can get from the trees. In fact, the trees stop giving each type of candy when you have three pieces in your chest. In order to have lots of candies, you must work with one or more friends.

How to stock up on Halloween candy

Choose one or more friends, preferably people you know in the real world so they won’t cheat you.
Select one pet who will do the trick-or-treating.
Feed up your pet, turn off the music and toggle graphics to low quality to make your game faster.
Take your pet trick-or-treating (See this post on Promenading if you don’t know how).
Immediately send off all the candy to your friend(s).
Continue gathering and sending candies until your friend(s) have 99 of each candy in their chest(s).
Have your friend(s) send back your share of candy.

If you have a large group, more than one pet can be responsible for finding candy. When the pets who store the candy can’t hold any more, one of the pets who collect candy will begin to store it instead.

By prudently gathering Halloween candy, your pet can have a bigger budget for clothes and decorating. Be wise like the squirrels and start your food storage.

Have fun and remember to work only with friends you can trust!

Too Poor to Celebrate Thanksgiving in Pet Society? Get Together With Your Friends!

Pet Society Living — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:32:59 +0000

The Holiday Season has begun in Pet Society! Yesterday we were all dazzled by the luxurious Thanksgiving items that arrived in the shops . . . and maybe a little dismayed by the price tags.

Every year is special in Pet Society and no one should miss out on the joy of the holidays. Perhaps friends on a modest income can work together to make a hearty celebration.

Here is how to plan a Pet Society Thanksgiving dinner (or other special occasion) with your friends:

Choose one or more friends or family members (people you know in the real world) to celebrate with you
Agree among yourselves which item(s) each person will bring to the party
Decide which pet will host the party and send the items to his or her house
Decorate a room for the party
Agree on a dress code so you will all look good together
Each pet can come to dinner and take photos in different parts of the room (laughing, dancing and having fun)
Piece the photos together (using Photoshop, Paint, or other graphic editing software) and you will have photos of all of you at the party together.

This year, Jane is hosting a Thanksgiving dinner for her close friends, followed by a bonfire dance in the forest at her friend Rupert’s place. Feel free to come to Jane’s house and take Thanksgiving photos in her second room.

We wish you a Happy Pet Society Thanksgiving!

Promenading in Pet Society: Shaking Trees for Money

Pet Society Living — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:24:08 +0000

One of the natural wonders in your Pet Society neighborhood is that money literally grows on trees. When you walk about town, lead your pet to each tree and he or she will give it a good shake. A coin will sometimes fall out of it.

There are 38 trees in town and you may soon develop a regular route for hitting each one. We call this activity “Promenading” and do it regularly between visits, races, fishing and shopping. Activities such as jumping-rope, playing ball or frisbee, spending money and fishing seem to fill the trees with more coins. Promenades tend to average 10 coins, though the best we have had to this date is 19 coins. On the other hand, too many promenades without enough activity will shake the trees bare and you may only get 1 or 2 coins per round.

To save time while promenading, click on the eye at the top of your game to toggle graphic quality to low. This makes your pet go much faster through town (though the picture is not as pretty) and lets you earn money faster. You can switch back to high quality when you enter a house or building to enjoy the beautiful Pet Society graphics.

Finding Coins Under Banana Peels

Pet Society Living — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:33:24 +0000

When I see a banana peel at the stadium, I want to pick it up to see if there is a coin hiding underneath. This is fine when the banana peel is in my pet’s lane during a race, but picking up other pets’ banana peels can mean that Jane doesn’t win the race and we’ve lost 30 coins for the chance of winning 1 coin. Sometimes I pick up another pet’s banana peel only after he or she has jumped over it . . . though my own pet may fall down while I am minding someone else lane.

So we go to the practice races. The great thing about practice races is that there is no money at stake. You can pick up all the banana peels in search of coins. And even if your pet comes in third place, you walk away with 5 paw points. Practice races are also fun because you can take photos of all the antics on the racetrack — jumping, falling, etc.

Need More Friends to Increase Your Pet Society Income?

Pet Society Living — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:54:50 +0000

Popularity and wealth are synonymous in Pet Society. The more friends you have, the more money you earn on a daily basis. We have therefore created a “Personals” page here at Pet Society Living where you may, at your discretion, post your Facebook profile link if you are looking to make friends.

We recommend that you write a little about yourself, your interests, etc. when leaving your profile link to make it easier to find compatible friends.

Please read the cautionary statements about privacy, security and trading on the Personals page before leaving your link.

You may also add us, Kate Brown and Emily Moll, if you wish.

Earn Coins by Meeting Strangers in the Cafe

Pet Society Living — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:20:24 +0000

The cafe is not only a great place to meet interesting pets (and check out their houses) but you can also find a few coins to put in your pet’s pocket. How? By petting and brushing the pets you meet there. To find pets with earning potential, look for signs of neglect such as swarming flies or poor dress (like the clothes they give you when you first adopted your pet).

I’ve even seen a few naked pets! Scrub these poor creatures for coins and you may as well look around their houses for decorating ideas while you are there. To get the most coins, click on the X instead of doing an activity when you arrive at the stranger’s house.

Earn Coins by Petting, Brushing and Washing Pets

Pet Society Living — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:07:25 +0000

When you pet or wash any pet, coins sprout from them. Petting and brushing seems to produce more coins than washing and I have earned as much as 16 coins from petting a very unhappy pet. To get the most coins possible for petting a friend’s pet, click the X instead of doing an activity (hug, kiss, dance, etc.) when you first visit, because these activities increase that pet’s happiness and you may miss out on a few coins. After you have petted the unhappy pet, leave the house and come back in to pay your official visit and collect your visit coins.

If you log into Pet Society again before your friend has washed and brushed his/her pet, that pet will always be dirty and unhappy no matter how many times you wash and brush it. So when you leave and return to Pet Society, be sure to check these pets again and rustle them for coins.

Important note: If you want to make money by washing and petting your own pet, don’t leave your soap and brush on the floor where your pet can pick it up to groom itself. You don’t get paid for this.