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1. Joining/Account Stuff 1.1 How much does Furry Paws cost to play? 1.2 What's the differance between my Login Name and my Nickname? 1.3 Why should I give my email to you? What will you do with it? 1.4 What's a Kennel Name? 1.5 How many accounts can I have? 1.6 My account has been frozen/restricted! What did I do? 1.7 How do I change my email/password? 1.8 My page got all messed up! Can I reset it? 1.9 How do I give my money to someone? 1.10 How do I get money? 1.11 Can we delete our accounts? 1.12 What is account locking? 2. Kennels 2.1 How do I get a kennel? 2.2 It's not letting me buy more dogs! How do I increase the kennel size? 2.3 How many dogs can I own? 2.4 How do I change my kennel name/description/specialty? 2.5 What's the specialty for? 2.6 How do I put a training area into my kennel? 2.7 After size 5, are there any other benefits to upgrading your kennel? 3. Dogs 3.1 How do I buy a dog? 3.2 How does my dog age? 3.3 Will my dog ever die? 3.4 Will my dog ever loose the ability to show/breed/etc. because of age? 3.5 What do I do with my dog? 3.6 How do I feed/play/accesorize my dog? 3.7 How do I train my dog? What does training do? 3.8 I've seen some dogs with 2 training certificates. How did they do that? 3.9 Can a dog ever be trained in more than 2 show types? 3.10 How do I sell a dog? 3.11 How do I breed my dog? 3.12 How often can I breed my dog? 3.13 How do breedings work? 3.14 What do levels do? 3.15 How do I get points? 3.16 How do I level my dog? 3.17 Eww! That dog picture is ugly! How do I change it? 3.18 How do I raise my dog's stats? 3.19 My dog has gone up a level but hasn't gone up in title level. What's wrong? 3.20 What are these strange letters in front of my dog's name? I can't get rid of them! 4. Litters 4.1 How do I get a litter? 4.2 How many puppies can I keep? 4.3 How long will the puppies stay in the "litter"? 4.4 What happens to the puppies I don't keep? 4.5 Can I feed my puppies? 4.6 Why can't I sell/move the puppies or the mother? 4.7 Why are my puppies' stats so low? 5. Genetics 5.1 What are genetics? 5.2 How do I assign my dog a color? 5.3 How do genetics affect litters? 5.4 How do genetics affect my dog? 6. Shows 6.1 What are shows? 6.2 Will my dog still get points if it doesn't place? 6.3 Is there a limit to the amount of shows your dog can enter? 6.4 It's not letting me enter a show with my dog! 6.5 Can I create a show? How? 6.6 What type of show should I make? 6.7 When do shows for the day run? 7. Jobs/Shops 7.1 How do I get a job? Why should I get a job? 7.2 How do I promote in my job? 7.3 How do I get uxp? 7.4 How do I create a shop? 7.5 How do I put items in my shop? 7.6 How do I withdraw money from my shop? 7.7 How do I remove items from my shop? 7.8 How do I search for items that aren't in the main shops? 7.9 How often do the main shops get restocked? 7.10 Why can't I find some of the items in the main shops? 7.11 Can I have more than one job? 8. Tricks 8.1 What are these "tricks"? 8.2 How do I teach my dog a trick? 8.3 Why won't my dog respond well in the trick school? 8.4 How are the trick shows set up? 8.5 What do the judges likes and dislikes mean? 8.6 How many trick shows can I enter my dog in? 8.7 How do I see how well my dog did? 8.8 Do I have to bother with tricks and trick shows for my dog to do well in regular shows? 8.9 Does my dog get any benefits from entering trick shows? 9. Miscellaneous 9.1 How do I get pretty colors in my name? 9.2 How do I donate/get FPP? 9.3 What's a mod/moderator? 9.4 How do you become a mod? 9.5 There aren't many things to do on this site, why? 9.7 Toy finder is addicting. 9.7 Are you Li? 9.8 What's a "Newbie Helper"? 1. Joining/Account Stuff 1.1 How much does Furry Paws cost to play? It's free, yay. 1.2 What's the differance between my Login Name and my Nickname? Your username is what you use to sign into the game, your nickname is what people see you as. You can't change your username, as it has to be unique, but your nickname can be changed at any time. It is recommended that you choose a differant username and nickname, as that should help prevent people hacking into your account. 1.3 Why should I give my email to you? What will you do with it? Check out our Privacy Policy for the entire statement, but the gist of it is, the only reason Furry Paws will use your email is to send you your account information when you first sign up, and possibly to get in contact with you if need requires. We won't give your email to anyone else, and you will not receive spam from us. 1.4 What's a Kennel Name? On Furry Paws, you own a 'kennel' where your dogs are kept. A kennel name is simply a way for you to identify your kennel. You can also change this at any time. 1.5 How many accounts can I have? As stated in our Terms of Service, you are only allowed 3 accounts. You are given a tremendous amount of starting money to begin, and it's really not necessary to have more than 3. This feature has had to become enforced by code because of people who have created 30+ accounts, and that just really ticks me off. I don't have time to deal with it, so the code does it for me. I am looking for an alternative though. I do know that there are people with siblings that also want to play the game. Stay tuned. 1.6 My account has been frozen/restricted! What did I do? You probably broke one of the Terms of Service or were making a nuisance of yourself in the chat and weren't paying any attention to a moderator's warning. At the moment, restrictions/freezings are permanent. Just follow the rules, be courteous to people, listen to the mods, and don't flood the boards/chat, and you'll be fine. It's not that hard, really. Just use your common sense. I'm sure you have some around there somewhere. 1.7 How do I change my email/password? Go to Help --> Change Password, then fill in the form, and press submit, or whatever I called the button. 1.8 My page got all messed up! Can I reset it? Yes. Go to Help --> Reset Page, and click the reset button. 1.9 How do I give my money to someone? For now, the easiest way is to buy something cheap from the store, like a tennis ball. Put this in your shop for the price, and get the other person to buy it from you. 1.10 How do I get money? There are a few ways. Make shows, you make money as people enter. Play the games, sell dogs and items. 1.11 Can we delete our accounts? No. People will make new accounts just to transfer money, and then delete the account. 1.12 What is account locking? Account locking allows you to "freeze" your account. While your account is locked, your dogs won't age, get hungry, unhappy, or shown, and you won't receive a salary. You can unlock your account any time you want to. This feature can be very useful for people who are going on vacation or who want to take a break from FP for a while. Please be aware that dogs cannot be bred if they were born more than 100 days apart. Hence, if you are gone for 4 months or so and come back and try to breed your great male dog to someone else's female dog, you probably won't be able to due to the birth date difference between the two dogs. The account locking feature can be accessed from the link in the help section. 2. Kennels 2.1 How do I get a kennel? You are given one automatically when you join. Just click on the 'Home' button to view it. 2.2 It's not letting me buy more dogs! How do I increase the kennel size? Click on Home, then scroll down to the very bottom of the page. There should be a long, brown button with 'Increase Kennel Size', and then the amount of money it will cost. 2.3 How many dogs can I own? The amount of dogs you can own is based on your kennel size. To find out how many dogs you can own, multiply your kennel size by 2. For example, someone with a size 1 kennel can only have 2 dogs, but someone with a size 5 kennel can own 10. 2.4 How do I change my kennel name/description/specialty? Click on Home, then scroll down to the near bottom of the page. Fill out the boxes with the changes you want to make, then click the edit button. 2.5 What's the specialty for? For the specialty, just fill it out with the type of dogs you'll be raising. For example, someone who breeds golden retrievers would put 'Golden Retrievers' in their specialty box, while someone who specializes in, say, herding dogs, might put 'Herding Dogs' in theirs. 2.6 How do I put a training area into my kennel? When your kennel reaches size 5, a link will appear on your kennel page that says 'Your Training Area', or somesuch. Click on that, create your training area, and you're set. 2.7 After size 5, are there any other benefits to upgrading your kennel? Other than being able to own more dogs with every kennel size, not yet. This is planned, however. 3. Dogs 3.1 How do I buy a dog? The most basic way to do this is to go to Market --> Pet Store, and then select the name/gender/breed of the dog you wish to purchase. The alternative way is to purchase a dog from another player. To find dogs for sale, go to Search, scroll down to the bottom of the page, select the breed/gender/whatever of the type of dog you wish to purchase, click the checkbox to only show dogs for sale, and then click the Search button. 3.2 How does my dog age? A new aging system has just been put in. Before, your dog just aged every week on Sundays, but now it just ages day by day. Your dog is categorized in one of six differant age labels depending on how many days it has been alive in FP. That's what the number in parenthesis by your dog is, how many days it has been alive on FP. Dogs you get from the Pet Store are automatically set at 12 days old, newborn puppies are born at 0. The categories are: Newborn Puppy (1-2) Infant Puppy (3-6) Puppy (7-11) Young Adult (12-39) Adult (40-100) Senior (101+) If this has all gone way over your head, here's an example: You buy a dog from the store, since the dog is 12 FP days old, it's described as a Young Adult. In 28 days, it will be 40 FP days old, and it's age description will change to an Adult. 3.3 Will my dog ever die? Not at the moment, no. 3.4 Will my dog ever loose the ability to show/breed/etc. because of age? Yes. When your dog gets to be a "Senior", or 101 or more FP days, it will be unable to be entered in shows or bred any more. 3.5 What do I do with my dog? You can feed it, play with it, accessorize it, train it -- but the main part of the game will be putting it in shows. 3.6 How do I feed/play/accessorize my dog? Go to Market, and then click on one of the shops. Click on the Buy Item link under the item you wish to purchase, then continue to your inventory with the link it gives you under the confirmation of the item bought. Click on the link under the item you want to use, then select the dog you wish to use it on, and click submit, or whatever I called the button. 3.7 How do I train my dog? What does training do? To train your dog, go to Atlas --> Training, the brown, ugly pen somewhere in the middle of the image. Select the dog you wish to train and the game you wish to train it in, and then click Train Dog. Before you do that, however, I suggest you view each show's statistics to avoid training it in something that it might not do too well in. Once you train a dog in something, it cannot be trained in anything else, and you cannot undo the training. 3.8 I've seen some dogs with 2 training certificates. How did they do that? Most likely, they found a professional trainer and had them train their dog in another type of show for a fee. But you can also purchase a ditto training ticket with FPP and get the dog trained in two shows that way. 3.9 Can a dog ever be trained in more than 2 show types? No. 3.10 How do I sell a dog? Go to the dog's page, scroll down to the section with the Sell Dog box, enter in the price you wish to sell the dog for, then put the dog up for sale. 3.11 How do I breed my dog? To breed two of your own dogs, go to the Breeding Page, linked to from your home page. Fill out the form, and hit submit. If you want to breed to someone else's dog, you'll need to submit a stud or bitch request. To do this, go to the dog's page you want to breed to, and click on submit a breeding request. Remember that you can't breed dogs that are over 100 days old. You also cannot breed dogs that were born more than 100 days apart. 3.12 How often can I breed my dog? Female dogs must wait 12 days before they can have another pup. Male dogs have no limit. Wow, I feel perverse saying that. 3.13 & 3.14 How do breedings work? What do levels do? The stats don't matter one bit when it comes to pups, but the levels do. Levels are what makes your dog's stats go up, but they also determine how good the dog's pup's stats are. Breeding is kinda confusing, but here's how it works: when the pup's stats are first rolled, they're just the same as they would be if you bought that same group of dog at the pet store. Then, a random stat is chosen, and that's the stat that gets the boosts. The dam's level is added to the stat roll's minimum, and the sire's level is added to the maximum. Then the new stat is inserted into the pup's profile. For example: Let's say you breed two border collies. The sire's level is 10, the dam's level is 5, and the random stat rolled is AGI. Now, a border collie is in the herding group, and the herding group's normal roll for AGI is 15 to 20. The dam's level and the sire's level is added to that, so that the result is 20 (15+5) to 30 (20+10). Then you'll see the message onscreen that says something like "Congratulations! You have a lovely (gender) puppy! It looks especially strong in agility." (that's not the exact wording, but I'm too lazy to look it up right now and it doesn't really matter) So, the way things work here is kinda a loop. Stats help your dog win shows which give the dog points which eventually raise its level which gives it more stats so it can win more shows which eventually leads to a higher level which leads to better pups. :) 3.15 How do I get points? By entering shows. Your dog gets more points per show depending on how many dogs it's competing against, what level of show it's running in, and then a random factor of 1 to 30 is added in addition to the sum of your dog's stats and happiness. 3.16 How do I level my dog? Once your dog gets enough points to level, go to their page listed on your home page, then click on the brown button that says 'Level Dog'. 3.17 Eww! That dog picture is ugly! How do I change it? Go to your dog's page, click on the picture box, and enter in the URL to the picture you'd like to replace it with. Lots of people enjoy putting pictures of real life dogs that they've owned onto their FP dog's page. 3.18 How do I raise my dog's stats? The main way is by leveling your dog. Whenever you dog earns a level, it's stats will all go up by a random amount. Other ways include equipping it with accessories, feeding it, training it in the training area, and playing with it with special items. The only way your dog will definately earn stats, however, is by leveling. 3.19 My dog has gone up a level but hasn't gone up in title level. What's wrong? Nothing's wrong. Your dog's level is completely seperate from it's title level. The dog's level is determined by points, while the title level is determined by wins. 3.20 What are these strange letters in front of my dog's name? I can't get rid of them! The 'strange letters' are your dog's title. They also show what your dog is currently trained in. Complete definitions are available on Jay Elle's Tutorial. I'll give you the gist of it here. The first letter(s) is it's title, the second letter(s) are what your dog is trained in. For example, the abbreviation NO would stand for Novice Obedience. ASh would be Advanced Show. PnFl would be Pro-Novice Flyball. 4. Litters 4.1 How do I get a litter? To get a litter, you need to breed two dogs together. You can do this by accessing the Breeding Page, which is linked to from your kennel page. You can either use two of your own dogs, or submit a stud or bitch request to another player's dog. If you submit a bitch request, the litter will stay with the mother on the mother's owner's account, but you'll be responsible for their care and will eventually end up with the puppy you decide to keep. 4.2 How many puppies can I keep? At the moment, you can only keep one. However, as soon as I get the time to implement it, Elite accounts will be able to keep two. 4.3 How long will the puppies stay in the "litter"? Puppies will stay in a litter until they are weaned at 7 days old. At this time, the puppy you decided to keep will be transfered to your account. 4.4 What happens to the puppies I don't keep? When the puppies are 7 days old, a script runs that places the puppies you don't keep into imaginary 'pet homes.' You essentially sell them to these pet homes. The price you receive for them depends on several things: the level of the parents, the vaccination status of the parents, the vaccination status of the puppies, the quality of their hips, elbows, eyes, and ears, the level of socialization received, the level of noise sensitivity, and, eventually, their personalities. For example, you'll get hardly any money for a litter of puppies from level 1 parents who aren't vaccinated. 4.5 Can I feed my puppies? For the first two days of their lives, the puppies live on their mother's milk. However, after that, you can supplement their diet with puppy food every 12 hours. Each time you feed them, they'll have a chance to gain a stat, based on the food. 4.6 Why can't I sell/move the puppies or the mother? The puppies must always stay with their mother until they are weaned at 7 days old. The mother can't be moved because it would confuse certain situations, such as bitch requests. 4.7 Why are my puppies' stats so low? Puppies have to grow into their stats. Every day they'll improve, until 6 days of age, when you'll be able to see their final statistics. 5. Genetics 5.1 What are genetics? Genetics, on Furry Paws, determine what color your dog is, its health, and various other things, such as what stat boosts it receives at birth. 5.2 How do I assign my dog a color? Go to your dog's page, then click on the "Assign Color" link next to the Color: row. Choose a color. Please note that although I tried to be accurate, many of the colors are a severe simplification of the real thing. For example, "Golden" also represents the color "Fawn" as well as "Orange" and "Tan", "Chocolate" represents "Liver" and "Brown." "Black Brindle" represents brindle with black and tan-ish stripes. Basically, take what colors your dogs are assigned with a grain of salt and leave room for interpretation. When you assign your dog a color, it also receives other genes, such as health genes and stat boost genes. 5.3 How do genetics affect litters? There is a gene that affects the size of the litter. You can get anywhere from 1 to 13 puppies in a litter. The colors of the parents are also passed down to their puppies. However, it's not always straight forward. For example, although a black dog bred to a black dog will produce black puppies, there's also a chance they could produce yellow, chocolate, or red puppies due to recessive genes. Basically, I tried to model FP color genetics after real dog color genetics, although there are many discrepancies. For more information on dog color genetics, do some research, and google "dog color genetics" or something similar. 5.4 How do genetics affect my dog? Genetics determine your dogs color, as well as what stat boosts it receives at birth, how large its litter can be, and its health. It is important to try to breed puppies with good health ratings. Any dog that has an ear/eye/etc. rating of Poor probably shouldn't be bred, or at least be bred with caution. However, all pet store dogs come with genes that read Fair, Good, or Excellent, so the only way you can get a dog with a "Poor" rating is if you pick a "bad" puppy from a litter. Dogs with "Excellent" marks receive a small bonus to their show scores, while dogs with "Poor" receive penalties. 6. Shows 6.1 What are shows? Shows are hosted by other FP players all over the world. They're what you enter to get your dog more points and hopefully more wins. 6.2 Will my dog still get points if it doesn't place? Yes. The amount of points the dog wins is alot more, however, if it places high. 6.3 Is there a limit to the amount of shows your dog can enter? Yes. A dog can only be entered in 30 (50 for Elite Accounts) shows at one time. Think about it. Realistically, a dog could probably only be entered in 3 shows max a day. It's 30 here because, well, FP is a virtual world, and doggies can get purple spots and moo if they really want to. 6.4 It's not letting me enter a show with my dog! First, make sure your dog has been trained in that type of show. A dog can only be entered in the type of show it's been trained in. Second, make sure the dog is the correct show level. If you have a Novice dog, enter it in a Novice show, not in an Ex show. 6.5 Can I create a show? How? Yes. Players can create up to 5 shows a day, although that number increases for trainers and elite accounts. To create a show, go to Atlas --> Shows --> Create a Show, enter in the show information, and then submit the form. 6.6 What type of show should I make? I'd suggest making a show that at least one of your dogs can be entered in. 6.7 When do shows for the day run? Well, they're supposed to run at 12 AM EST (or game time), but unfortunately, the script is so huge and there are so many shows to run, that they don't always run on time. 7. Jobs/Shops 7.1 How do I get a job? Why should I get a job? Go to Atlas --> Employment Agency to get a job. When you get a job, your salary will probably increase, and each job has certain benefits. All of the information on each job is listed on the employment agency page, so be sure to read that. 7.2 How do I promote in my job? When you have enough uxp to promote, a button will appear on the employment agency page to promote. 7.3 How do I get uxp? When you start off a new account, you are automatically give 10 uxp. Every day after that your account is credited with 1 more uxp. At the moment, there aren't more ways to earn uxp, but that's coming. 7.4 How do I create a shop? Go to Market --> Your Shop. A shop costs $5000 to create, and unless you're a merchant, there's a limit of 15 items per shop. 7.5 How do I put items in my shop? Click on Market --> Inventory, and then the item you want to put in your shop, then select 'Put in Your Shop' from the drop-down menu, and hit submit. The item will then appear in your shop, where you can adjust the price. 7.6 How do I withdraw money from my shop? Go to your shop, then click on the Shop Money link, and withdraw the sum. 7.7 How do I remove items from my shop? For now, there is no 'Remove Item' button. Simply go to 'view shop' (Market - Your shop - view shop) and click on Buy Item. Retrieve your money from the 'Shop Money' link. 7.8 How do I search for items that aren’t in the FP stores? Go to Market - view shops. This will list all the players’ shops. Here you can look for your item(s). 7.9 How often do the shops get restocked? Twice every hour. 7.10 Why can't I find some of the items in the FP stores? Some items are rare. There is a chance of them not being restocked at all, but also a chance of one being restocked. 7.11 Can I have more than one job? No. Once you start a new job, you lose your previous one and start back at the beginning. 8. Tricks 8.1 What are these "tricks"? Tricks are things you can teach your dogs. They serve little purpose, at the moment, other than further decorating your dog's name display. 8.2 How do I teach my dog a trick? You'll need to go to "Madame's Trick School". There, you can sign up for courses, which cost $2500 and 2 uxp currently. After the dog graduates from the course, you'll want to further increase the dog's knowledge of the trick by going to their personal trick page (linked to from their dog page) and practicing it. 8.3 Why won't my dog respond well in the trick school? How your dog responds is based on its personality. There are three categories, really, timid, medium-ish, and bold dogs. Once you figure out what type of reaction works best for your dog, it gets much easier. 8.4 How are the trick shows set up? There are four levels of competition. To increase in a level, your dog must earn enough trick points from the trick shows. Gaining a trick title will grant your pup a new colored diamond by its name. There are five judges per competition level, each of which can be booked by sponsoring kennels once every hour. 8.5 What do the judges' likes and dislikes mean? The FP judges are biased against or for certain tricks. If you play it well, you can often get your dog a better score by planning the correct routine. 8.6 How many trick shows can I enter my dog in? You can enter your pup in as many as you like. However, you can only have one of your dogs in one show, not several. 8.7 How do I see how well my dog did? Go to your dog's Trick Show Result page to view a commentary the most recent results. Unlike regular shows, the score your dog receives is equivalent to the amount of trick points they earn. 8.8 Do I have to bother with tricks and trick shows for my dog to do well in regular shows? No, not at all. At the moment, the two are completely unlinked. You could effectively play only with tricks without bothering with regular shows, or vice versa. Trick shows are meant for people with extra time on their hands who would like to gain a few more "honors" for their dog. 8.9 Does my dog get any benefits from entering trick shows? Other than boasting rights, not really. There is an achievement board for tricks where your pup can earn a trophy and some cash if he or she rises to the top. 9. Misc 9.1 How do I get pretty colors in my name? That's a feature of Elite Accounts, HTML in the nickname. 9.2 How do I donate/get FPP? Check out This Link, I have all of that information typed up there. 9.3 What's a mod/moderator? A moderator is one who has been placed in direct authority by me. They have the powers to warn, fine, freeze, and restrict an account, among other things. Listen to the mods, what they say goes, and I'll most always back them up. 9.4 How do you become a mod? Because of the power they have, I choose my mods very carefully. Basically, there's not much you can do to be selected to be a mod. I have to ask you, not the other way around. 9.5 There aren't many things to do on this site, why? Furry Paws opened on October 25th. I am a full time student and thus cannot work on the site all day. Don't worry, updates will come, however slowly. Stay tuned, and have patience! 9.6 Toy finder is addicting. I know. 9.7 Are you Li? No. 9.8 What's a "Newbie Helper"? A Newbie Helper is my underhanded attempt to try to encourage people to be kind to new players or to players that have questions about the site. You will be granted access to this option if your Newbie Helper Application is accepted. Please -only- select Yes if you're willing to be bombarded by possibly obvious questions. Being a Newbie Helper is a great service to FP. The more "nice" "helpful" people that play, the better the community will be, which is certainly a worthwhile goal. This status will show up in the form of a small icon by your nickname  in places like chat, the boards, members online, your profile, etc.
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