Naming the dog: When your dog has no name, its name will be "unnamed", and give you a form field option to name the dog on the dog's page. Names must be unique, meaning there cant be other dogs named the same. Parents: Underneath your dogs name displays its parents. By clicking on their name you can view their parents. If the name says "unknown" then it is a 'foundation' dog, and one of the first of its kind. Foundation dogs are awarded to sponsor players. Breed & Gender Under the parents name, displays what breed the dog is, and its gender. It can be Male, Female or neutered. To view more about its breed, click the breed icon on your dog and you will se a pop-up summerizing the breed. Read more on breeds... Age Here you get an easy to read display on the dog's age. A dog ages one week per turn. Sometimes you may just see a dog listed in how many weeks old it is (like in events), this is because of the length an age description can get. Bloodlines This link will bring you to the dog's family tree.

Adding an image to your dog: This option is available for you to customize your dog a bit more. You can add in your own image link here. Type the full URL of the link to the picture in the form box. Please note that VHR does not provide image hosting. You must find a place elsewhere to host your image, then add the link there. Try a google on:Free image hosting (just be sure to read the fine print on the website you choose!). For me to add in this picture of my dog Aysha, On internet explorer I right-click the image, then select properties. I would copy/paste the link from the browser pop-up's Address (URL) which is http://www.virtualpups.com/help/dogimage.jpg in to the form field to add in this image. PS. This is a picture of my(Nefertete) special little dog in real life :)

Overall Condition This is the physical health of your dog. The greener the better. Things like neglect and exhausting can lower it. If your dog suffers an injury, its health will improve week by week through the turns. Energy This is the energy of your dog. It uses energy for training menu activities, and regains it over turn(s). Becareful about getting the energy too low, you can exhaust it, causing it health problems and a slower energy regain. The amount of energy it uses is determined by your dog's natural endurence. The more stars it has, the better it will recoup and least it uses. Mood All dogs need play. You will notice that your dogs mood changes when taking a turn or training. To increase its mood more in to the green, play with your dog! If the dog's mood gets too low, it will become too depressed to train. Grooming Most dogs need a brushing or bathing here and there. Some breeds require a lot more grooming than others.

Total Earnings This is the amount your dog has won totally in events. Competition Level Your dog gains competition level by competing in events. It is awarded score when it competes... The amount of score it is awarded is based on how well it did vs. how many dogs. So placing first place in a full event of 30, would give you a lot more score (and fame points) for your dog, than placing 5th out of 7 dogs. Here is the list of levels: Junior: Under 300 Novice: 299 - 1000 Regional: 999-5000 National: 4999-15000 International: 14999 and up # of events W/P/S This is how many events your dog has entered. The "W" stands for win, the "P" stands for Place, or second place, and the "S" stands for show, or third place. It is only displayed for informational purposes and to see top dogs. Number of Owners This is how many owners your dog has had in its lifetime. Each time it changes owners, its loyalty is lost, the amount depends on its adaptation.

All stats are determined by 3 things. Most of the influence is based on its breed and parents natural stats, secondly and slightly, its determined by its parents trained amount, (the number). The number represents what you have achieved in your dog through training excercizes. This is what events are judged on so all breeds have 'a shot' at winning, some may be tougher than others. Dogs are born slightly less than their natural potential. The stars represent an experts rating of the dog's potential. The more stars, the more potential it has in that area. Certain stats, like hyperness and agression, can be good or bad, depending on what you want your dog to do. The amount it gains and the starting level of the number, is depending on these stars. All dogs are different or unique, one four star dog may be better than another in a particular area. 100ish is the max amount a dog can achieve in an area. Stats themselves determine many many things... so this is important...read on! Height This is the height of your dog, or expected height when it fully matures in centemeters Color There are hundreds of possible colors... They are fun but do not effect the way your dog performs. When a litter of puppys is born, there is an 80% chance it will achieve one of its parents colors. There is a 20% chance that one or more of the puppys will get a color specific to its breed. This allows some fun for the serious breeders to try and capture the colors they want! To look up possible colors for a specific breed, check The Breeds Section . Build This is the weight of your dog in kilograms, or expected weight when it fully matures. A heavy build dog would obviously be stronger... Group This is the competition group of your dog, its classification. We based our grouping of breeds on AKC standards and other resources. Friendly This is how friendly your dog is, a dog that is not too friendly might just bite a judge... Agression This is how aggressive your dog is. The higher the number and more stars, the more aggressive. Sometimes, when very competitive, agression can be a good thing... for certain events. However, its important that they dont bite the sheep in a herding trial if you know what I mean :) Adaptability Adaptability is important when your dog finds a new home, or enters in an event. A dog that has a low number, or not too adaptive, may freak out at new surroundings and new owners. Loyalty Loyalty is important, the higher the number, the more loyal. A dog that is too loyal and aggressive however, may become too defensive. Courage This is basically your dog's confidence. A Big great dane that hides from the chihuahua is not going to compete well. It is important for most event types, if not all. Hyper The higher the number the more hyper it is, the more stars the more likely it becomes real hyper. A good thing in many events such as agility, a bad thing in an obedience class. Strength This is how strong your dog is, it will determine how high it can jump or pull a sled... Intellegence This is how smart your dog is, it will learn more if it is more smart. Also important in events as it is for training. Endurance Endurance, or stamina, decides how long your dog can run for, or train for. It will recover energy faster if it has a lot of endurance. Speed Last but probably not least... Speed. Speed is also the dogs agility. It is important for, lets say, racing :)

Your dog starts out with some initial training options... but dont worry, as it learns more you will get more. Things it has mastered will go in to the Learned activities drop down menu. So if you dont find your activity in the list, check there. Below is a full list of training types and when they come in to effect, and what they are usefull for. Warning: main(): URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration in /var/www/html/virtualpups/help/k9s.php on line 301 Warning: main(http://www.virtualpups.com/module.golucky.inc): failed to open stream: no suitable wrapper could be found in /var/www/html/virtualpups/help/k9s.php on line 301 Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required 'http://www.virtualpups.com/module.golucky.inc' (include_path='.:/usr/share/pear') in /var/www/html/virtualpups/help/k9s.php on line 301 Command/Activity Qualification Energy Cost Fun Cost Groom Cost Stat Gain