Breeds, Rooms and Items to Unlock
Unlockables depend on owner points.
Dog Breeds (at the kennel)
- Pinscher: 2,000 points
- Siberian Husky: 4,000 points
- Toy Poodle: 8,000 points
- Golden Retriever: 10,000 points
- Miniature Schnauzer and Schnauzer: 14,000 points
- Beagle: 16,000 points
- Pembroke Welsh Corgi: 20,000 points
- Shih Tzu: 22,000 points
- Shiba Inu: 30,000 points
- Pug: 35,000 points
- Dalmatian: 45,000 points (or in Bark Mode with someone who has Nintendogs: Dalmatian & Friends, who sends you a Dalmatian)
- Dachshund: 50,000 points (or in Bark Mode with someone who has Nintendogs: Dachshund & Friends)
- Jack Russell Terrier: find the Jack Russell Books.
Rooms (from the interior decorator)
- Desktop Room: 6,000 points (costs $20,000)
- Sea Room: 12,000 points ($50,000)
- Outer Space Room: 18,000 points ($100,000)
- Ranch and Urban Hall: 25,000 points
- Northern Europe Room: 40,000 points ($5,000)
Items
- Balloon, Jump Rope and Rope: 300 points each.
- Bag of natural dog food and Wind Toy: 10,000 points each.
Tricks and Tips
Resetting Your Data
After the Nintendo logo hold L + R + A + B + X + Y to delete saved data.
Connecting for New Breeds
You can connect with another DS only once and unlock only one breed: the one of your partner's dog, which must not be a breed you already have.
Easy Owner Points
Play with the disc, ball and so on. Every time the dog brings it back, call it (or tap the screen a couple of times). When it arrives, pet it on the head for a few seconds: it will glow and give you one or two points. It also makes it easier to get the toy back.
Easy Items (walks)
Take the dog for a walk with another accessory to swap and visit as many "?" squares as possible before the park. As soon as you enter the park, go straight home. You receive the items as usual up to the park, then go to "Accessories", change the accessory immediately and tap "Back": when "Saving! Do not turn off!" appears and the save is finished, turn off. When you turn it back on you will still have all the items and can take another walk. You don't earn owner points and the dog's stamina doesn't increase.
Easier Training
For commands use unique words, without repeating the individual words of one command in different commands, so the dog doesn't get confused.
More Tricks and Contests per Day
The dog learns a certain number of tricks per day, and there are limits for contests too. Change the system date to the previous day with the time 23:59, exit the menu, turn off the DS, turn it on again right away and load the game. After a minute a new day begins, with more tricks and more contests. At the end set the correct date and time again.
Making Money
Take frequent walks and collect as many question marks as possible, then sell the useless items at the second-hand shop. Before going out, feed and water the dog: it is easier to find gifts instead of junk. The gift is a white window with red ribbons: walk slowly, touch it with the stylus and the dog brings it to you. The tricolor ribbon is worth $10, the Moai statue about $100.
Secrets
- Bowser's Kart: during the walk you can find it in a "?" box. B to go forward, A to go back, right or left to turn.
- Mario's hat and Mario items: walk often: you'll find the Red Cap (wear it from "Accessories"), Luigi's cap, a rubber mushroom, the "?" block and a Mario music box (turn the crank with the stylus).
- RC Helicopter: you can find it as a gift. D-Pad to steer, L to change the view; it sells for $200.
- Secret recordings: there are 4, very rare. With the music icon in the supplies menu they play strange music.
- What's in the "?" box: if the dog barks once it is a gift, twice it is another dog. If, when it runs off screen, it turns white, it is a trainer.
- Raising more than three dogs: the Dog Hotel houses up to five, and the three you raise don't count: up to eight dogs.
- Discs and fetch: after throwing a frisbee, a ball or a stick, tap the screen at least 5 times to get the dog's attention, then play tug of war. For fetch tap the screen until sparkles appear: over time the dog will do it on its own and the contests will be easier.
- Agility training: at the gym, change it with each contest won. Obedience: repeat a trick until a message appears, give it a name; continue until it does it right away on the first call. The training limit is daily.
- Dog hanging: pull the rope and let go; while the dog bites it, pull it quickly: either it lets go or it stays hanging.
- Pikmin reference: in the pet shop there is a Pikmin on the top shelf.
