


The length of the elder stage is 6 to 11 days, and is random. The adult stage lasts 26 days for cats and small dogs, and 22 days for large dogs. While they cannot get on beds or furniture, they can be praised for not getting on them, and therefore trained to stay off them. They cannot have jobs or learn commands, but they can learn behaviors. They are mobile, but cannot climb stairs, and must be carried up and down them. In The Sims 2: Pets, kittens and puppies are independent family members with their own needs, though they do not have the Scratch or Chew motives. The mother will watch them, but it is not possible to interact with them.

In The Sims: Unleashed, kittens and puppies are objects, and appear as maternity tents topped by a cat face or dog face. However, in The Sims: Unleashed and The Sims 2 Pets for console, adult pets live indefinitely. In The Sims 2: Pets, The Sims 3: Pets and The Sims 4: Cats & Dogs, an adult pet will eventually age to an elder, and will eventually die. A pet starts as a kitten, puppy or foal and ages to an adult.
