Having The Sims 3 Pet expansion opens many options for animals, including breeding your pets. If you’re curious about how to breed pets in Sims 3, it comes down to having high relationship levels and a spot for mating. Your pets will now be able to fall in love and create families, along with creating full family trees that you can keep track of.
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How to Breed Dogs in Sims 3
How to breed dogs in Sims 3 starts with having two dogs that are of opposite genders. You will be able to raise their relationship level through interactions with each other. Once their relationship is high enough, the two dogs will be able to woohoo together. In order to start breeding your dogs, you will need to buy and place a pet house on your lot. While having your dog selected, click on the pet house and choose “Try For Baby”.
The dogs will woohoo and there is a possibility that the female will get pregnant. Like human sims, if the dog gets pregnant a lullaby sound will play right after. If you don’t hear the sound, the dogs most likely did not successfully breed. You will have to continue this process until the female dog gets pregnant.
Pregnancy of the Dog
When the female dog successfully becomes pregnant, it will be hard to know from the appearance of the dog because they will not grow in size like humans. You will know from the lullaby song that plays after the woohoo, as well as the pregnancy moodlet that the dog gets. After three days, the dog will give birth to a litter of puppies. The number of puppies is randomized and will not be something that you can control.
Birth of the Puppies
When three days have passed, the dog will be due to give birth. The dog will not go into labor like human sims. She will stop doing her current task and begin giving birth to the puppies. The puppies will appear next to the mother and will immediately become part of your active household. They do not need any special care beyond a typical pet dog.
How to Breed Cats in Sims 3
To begin learning how to breed cats in Sims 3, you will need to acquire two cats of the opposite gender. You can add a cat to your family when you create your household or through pet adoption. The two cats will need to raise their relationship’s level through positive interactions. Once their relationship is high enough, the option to “Try for a Baby” will appear when clicking on a pet house. If the two cats agree to partake, they will enter and begin woohooing. This will be similar to the typical woohoo, with the common woohoo noises and hearts falling. A lullaby noise will play if the breeding has been successful in causing pregnancy. All of this works exactly the same as with breeding dogs.
Pregnancy of the Cat
The first sign of pregnancy will be the playing of a lullaby noise after trying for a baby. Once the cat is pregnant, they will have a Pregnant moodlet by the next day. Similarly to the other animals, cats will not show a pregnant belly as the days go by. They generally will not show any other positive or negative moodlet that would indicate pregnancy until they give birth.
Birth of the Kittens
When three days have passed, the cat will give birth to a litter of kittens. The number of kittens is random and cannot be chosen. The cat may meow in pain a few times before the rainbow of colors reveals the birth of the kittens. These new pets will now be added to your active household. They will not need any additional care beyond a typical cat or kitten.
How to Breed Horses in Sims 3
You will have more options on how to breed horses in Sims 3 than the other pets on this list. One method is to have two opposite-gendered horses that have a high enough relationship to mate. To do so, you must purchase a box stall for your horses. When they can be bred, you can attempt to “Try for Foal” under the romance interactions of the horses. Otherwise, you can click on the box stall to select “Try for Foal” and proceed to select the horse that you wish to breed. The horses will enter the stall and a large box will blur out the activity inside.
Alternatively, if you own a female horse and do not want to buy another horse or raise a pair’s relationship high enough, you can select the Equestrian Center for the option to “Breed Horse”. When selected, a sim will ride the female horse to the center and enter inside. A pop-up will occur that shows you a list of potential steeds that the female can breed with. You will be able to see the photos and traits to select the best match for what you are looking for in a baby horse. Once the animals finish breeding, you will leave with the horse and ride home.
Pregnancy of the Horse
You will hear the typical lullaby sound upon successful breeding of your horses on your own lot. If you bred with a horse at the Equestrian Center, this will be an ensured success. Both cases will result in the horse showing the Pregnant moodlet within a day. Like other animals, the female will not grow in size to show pregnancy.
Birth of the Foal
After three days of pregnancy, the mother horse will give birth to a foal. A pop-up box will appear asking you to name the new foal. Once you name the foal, a rainbow of colors will appear, revealing a baby horse lying on the ground. This pet will become a new active member of your household. It will not require any additional care beyond a normal horse or foal.
Can You Sell Pets for Money in Sims 3?
Once you’ve learned how to breed pets in Sims 3, you might be wondering if you can turn this into a career for your Sim. Unfortunately, you will not be able to sell dogs or cats for money. If you want to get rid of some of the babies that you have bred, you will need to put them up for adoption. This option can be found under the Services area on your sim’s phone. Due to this, breeding cats and dogs is not a way to bring in an income.
However, you can sell horses at the Equestrian Center. You will get this option by selecting the location and clicking “Sell Horse”. Your sim will proceed to ride the horse to the center and enter the building. Once inside, a pop-up will appear that tells you the price offered for the horse. You will then be able to confirm if you want to sell the horse or not.
NRAAS Master Controller Mod
If you’re wondering how to breed pets in Sims 3 without having to work hard on a relationship or buy the pet house or box stall, a mod might be a perfect choice for your playthrough. The NRAAS Master Controller Mod will allow you to immediately get your female pet pregnant with the click of a button! Simply click on the pet that you want to impregnate, select NRAAS Master Controller, select “Basic”, and then “Pollinate”. A pop-up will appear that allows you to select the donor male. The animal will become pregnant and a pregnancy moodlet will show within a day. Within a few days, a baby will be born.