Dogz 4

There are no new breedz, unless you count pigz. Sure, these pigz are cute, but they aren't dogz, so I don't see where they came from. You can't breed them either. This is unfortunate.

There are new clothes, but they don't have complete outfits! For example, you get a knight's helmet, a knight's pants, and possibly a knight's socks, but no shirt. How is your dog supposed to be a Knight of the Round Table with no shirt? In fact, many shirts are missing from outfits. It's ridiculous!

You have new toys too. I have to say, I don't have many problems with the toys. Some are really neat, but the roach motel to get rid of roaches doesn't work. The dogz play with it and the cockroaches never go into it. I guess it gathers fleas.

You also have new playscenes. These are pretty cool except for one thing: they lose their toys. For example, the Circus has a cannonball, and the Snowscene has a sled. Both of these toys were gone the second time I opened the game. How are you supposed to enjoy the toys then? Disappointing, is it not?

You also have voice recognition. Too bad it doesn't work! It is annoying to get it installed, and it is even more annoying to get it to work. Then you finally get it to work and your dogz think you are saying "Sit" when you said "Stay". All in all, voice recognition is useless and I can't get it to work properly.

Finally, you have bugs, and I'm not talking about cockroaches. I mean computer bugs. The food dish bounces around when your petz jump or walk toward it, so they never get to eat. The dogz don't drink from the water bowl. Like I already said, toyz disappear from the playscenes. Playscenes you make in the editor may not work properly.

Basically, the only way to enjoy this game is to go online and download a thousand new breedz. I don't see why you should bother. This game is just like Dogz 3 except that it gets old quick and it is full of bugs.


Don't use on win 2000 or xp   March 31, 2003
 3 out of 4 found this review helpful

I purchased Dogs and Catz for my children to play with because 5 sounds to advanced for them. The problem is I cannot get either to run on windows XP or 2000, even though I have installed all the patches. I also cannot get IBM Via phone to work. Catz and Dogz 2 still works fine on both versions though-go figure?
Update I finaly got the games working, but not the Via phone. It took alot of searching to find it and it requires editing the registry. To get to it go to the petz website and click on technical support, then go to fequently asked questions. Do a search on Petz and then read the one that has "While starting, the program the yellow progress bar located at the bottom of the screen freezes up." as the subject. Follow the instructions and most of your problems will go away.


Great Game!   December 24, 2002
 1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I loved this game, especially once my dogz all started to get in love! There were a few problems, like one of my Mutts was pregnat, and in about 5 months, she was still pregnat. Plus, I had trouble teaching my petz how to sit and come, but that's all right! I've got 4 granddogs, 9 dog parents, and 3 pups! One of my scotties were very funny, they burried a virtual pig! If your a dog lover fan (like me) than I'd recommend this to you!


Great   November 25, 2002
 1 out of 2 found this review helpful

I have been playing this game for a few years now and I love it! It's a very fun game to play and it works well for all ages!


really cool!   November 21, 2002
I love Dogz 4! Playing with the little puppies is so much fun! the graphics are really neat, and the part I really like is raising puppies from newborns! You can even make your own playscenes for your dogz to play in!
I reccomend this item if you are a dog lover!