Description
Updates:
- 2025 July 6th - Updated script for 1.116 patch changes.
Adopted from ItsKatato.
Original Description (adjusted slightly, will be adjusted further later):
"Owning your own dog daycare has so many benefits. When you start your dog daycare business, you will have a job that is fun, interesting, and rewarding. It's a fun business, it's all about the dogs!"
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Now introducing Planet Canine, my first custom business mod! I wanted to try messing around with the games retail/business settings and was able to figure out how to let y'all purchase a custom lot as a business. I've also been wanting to make a doggy daycare since I made the toddler daycare earlier this year.
How Does it work?
First, make/download a lot and make it the new "Doggy Daycare" Venue Type. I recommend this lot by AmyJSims because it's beautifully made, but make sure your sim will be able to afford this lot! Once you make the venue type "Doggy Daycare" there are certain items that the lot is required to have, such as a front desk & table, and of course items for dogs such as foods bowls, beds, and toys.
How Do I Buy a Daycare?
Go to your sim's computer, click household, and then click "Buy a Doggy Daycare Center". This will send you to the world map, then find the world that your daycare is located. If your sim can afford the daycare they will be able to purchase it. If a sim already owns the daycare or there isn't one available then the "Buy a Doggy Daycare Center" option will be grayed out.
I own the daycare...now what?
Now that you own the daycare you are given the option to transfer money between your business funds & house funds. I recommend putting some money in your business funds so you'll be able to decorate your lot some more because if you go in build mode it'll take money from your business & not household funds.
Owning the daycare also gives you access to the business panel for your daycare. You can't open the daycare or hire employees through this panel yet because some intense scripting would be needed to be done to get this into the retail system of the game.
How do I open the daycare?
To open your doggy daycare, click on the front door of the daycare center and click the "Open Doggy Daycare Center" interaction. Dogs will start to show up on your daycare and your sim will get paid $50 per dog a day. The payment depends on your sim's pet training skill level. At level 1 you get $50 per dog, Level 2 you get $100, Level 3 is $150, Level 4 is $200, and level 5 is $250. Sims will pay a lot of money for a top dog trainer to watch their animals. The payment will be sent to your business funds instead of your household funds so make sure to transfer your funds from the business menu.
How do I hire employees?
To hire employees click the "Doggy Daycare" option under the "Work" category in your sims phone. There will be an option to hire employees. You can hire up to 5 employees and they get paid $15 an hour. You would have to use this interaction every day that your want to hire them because I still haven't figured out how to make this recurring.
How do I get more dogs to show up?
Do you want more dogs at your daycare? Run ads! There are three ad options, small, medium, and large. A small ad runs for 1 day and gives you an extra 5 dogs. A medium ad runs for 2 days and gives you an extra 10 dogs. A large ad runs for 7 days and gives you an extra 15 dogs. To run an ad go to the "Doggy Daycare" option under the "Work" category in your sims phone again, and then click advertise doggy daycare.
How do I close the daycare for the day?
To close your daycare click on the front door again and there should be an option to close the daycare. Your employee's shift ends automatically in 12 hours but you can end it early by clicking on them and selecting "Dismiss".
📌 Installing & Requirements
- ✨Cats & Dogs, Get to Work✨
- Venue Changes By Zerbu OR Basemental's Venue List: Only one of these is needed for the venue type to be shown in the game. Without one of these mods, you won't be able to follow your sim to work.
- No known conflicts and does not contribute to the script limit.
- When installing please keep the package and ts4script together, and make sure they are in your main mods folder or only one sub-folder deep.
- Clear your localthumbcache before starting your game.
You can only have ONE venue list in your mods folder!
📌 Translations:
Simplified Chinese by Bbunny (Included)
Traditional Chinese by MeowCats (Download)
French by heidi137 (Included)
📌 Future Features:
- Active Doggy Daycare Attendant Career.
- Dog owners actually bring dogs to the lot instead of dogs showing up by themselves.
- Recurring employees