The Adoption Center

Purpose
The Adoption Center is a playscene where you are able to take out and adopt puppies and/or kittens. When you start the game you will be directed to this playscene, where you have to adopt a dog or cat in order to gain access to the different playscenes.

Adopting Petz
To first adopt a pet, right-click on the "pick a pet" sign. This will open a drop-down menu, displaying various breeds. The breeds displayed will depend on the version of the game you are playing. If you are playing Dogz 5, then the breeds available for selection will be the 15 Dog breeds. If you are playing Catz 5, then the breeds available will be the 15 different cats breeds. If you have installed both Catz 5 and Dogz 5, then you can choose from the total of 30 breeds available.

Once you have selected a breed, an individual of that breed will come out from the center gates. The appearance of the breed and gender is randomly selected. Usually Dog and Cat breeds have around 2-3 variations in their appearance-including their body colour and eye colour. Some breeds, such as Mutts, have more due to the potential for them to have different markings.

You can then play with this pet. By clicking on the remaining "pick a pet" sign, you can also take out a second pet of a breed of your choice. If you are looking to breed pets, then it is advised that you allow time for both puppies or kittens to interact with one another to see if they like one another before adopting them.

To adopt the pets that are currently in the Playscene, right-click on the "Adopt now" tab. This will then allow you to name your pet/s and type in a name for their owner (The player). If you have more than one pet already, a notice will also appear which reminds you that you have a number of pets already, and should consider this before adopting more. You will also be asked to agree to the adoption certificate of the pet/s.

Toyz
The playscene includes several toys with which your petz can play with. Unless you have both Dogz 5 and Catz 5 installed (meaning that you play Petz 5) these toys shall be different, apart from the Star Ball and Milk Bottle.

In Dogz 5 the adoption center has a bone on the floor, as well as a Star Ball and milk bottle. In Catz 5 however, the playscene includes a ball of yarn.

The Noticeboard
To the right of the Adoption Center building there is a Noticeboard. If your Petz have run away, then, providing that you are good to your other Petz, a flyer of a certain colour may appear on the notice board. By right clicking on the flyer you have the potential to welcome your runaway pet home.