Dog Guide

General
There are currently 5 herding dog breeds!

You may purchase a foundation dog at [import], acquire one from the [shelter], or buy one from another player through the [sales] or by private exchange. Once the dogs come of age, you may also breed them. All dogs from the import shop cost $1000, while the sales listings are currently limited to preset values between $1 to $500. All imports come aged 10.

Dogs become breedable at 21 days of age.

Dogs must be fed daily. Happiness should be maintained; dogs that are unhappy for too long will run away and end up at the adoption shelter!

Dogs can be interacted with or trained once every hour, reset when the clock strikes :00. Some dogs require interaction to raise their happiness, which will decrease as they train, while more work-minded dogs gain happiness training. Training is done by assigning them a specialty in livestock and then either assigning them a herd/flock of that specialty belonging to you or they may be trained in their specialty on another player's farm. Training at other's farms will cost money, but it will earn you karma.

Once the dogs are trained, they may be entered into competitions! This will earn the dog passes (or fails), and placing in the winning tiers will win you money and your dog may even gain a title! It is recommended that dogs be trained to 100% before being entered into competitions.

Dogs have a chance to lose some of their training and happiness progress, but this is easily fixed by hitting that train button again or by hitting one of the happiness increase buttons (walk, hike, give affection, play).

Stats
By the looks of it all dog stats are static. It's believed that you can breed higher statted offspring by pairing the right dogs together (those with higher stats)