Dog

The Dog is the main and most important character of Dog Sled Saga, you can hire them, fire them, pet them, train them, play with them, and more.

To pet them, simply hold down your mouse over the dog and let go when done, if you did it properly they'll bark afterwards.

To train or play with them see this page.

Rest Meter
Each dog has a rest meter. Rest levels are gained by spending a day caretaking, they go down whenever you race your dogs. The higher the rest level, the less fatigue they have, and the higher trained capacity they are, the better they'll race.

Fault and Boosts Possibilities
Faults:

Bad Catch

''The dog will lose all mouth-eye coordination. ''Your dog will constantly miss treats you throw at them which could result in Sweating and major fatigue.

Bottomless Pit

The dog will become overwhelmed by an insatiable hunger. They will continue heavily breathing leaving you with only one choice- to keep throwing them treats.

Choke

The dog will lose their gusto when near an opponent. Your dog might slow down when near an opponent, they basically lose their happiness for a short period of time.

Drop Speed

The dog will throw in the towel and needs to be dragged when their fault kicks in. You will have to do the same as untangling ropes, you'll have to hold down the mouse button on your dog and- well, drag.

Greedy

The dog will become impatient and jump the gun at restocks. Your dog will tire out from doing this, it could be tricky on races with few feeding stocks as your dog may tire out too quickly.

Tangle Prone

The dog will become very clumsy with the towline. A little same as Choke, except you have to untangle them as you would normally sometimes any other race, just more often.

Too Proud

The dog will stop showing when they're struggling. The dog won't start panting or heavy breathing which could result in fatigue and sweating, if it does not pant for a while assume it's 'too proud'

Wavering

The dog will fall in and out of line rapidly. This fault only typically happens when the line becomes tangled too often, if you can keep it straight you'll have nothing to worry about.

Boosts:

Charge Up

Feeding extra food can give them a speed boost. A good boost. Mainly should be used on a lead dog to help all other dogs.

Competitive

Can lay on the gas when an opponent is within spitting distance. It will give a big speed boost when it sees another opponent, which is very useful near the end of races.

Good Catch

Can lunge out of position to catch stray throws (as long as they're still within that dog's vicinity). This can be a major issue for the towline, nor does it have much of a point other than to give a break to the new player that's constantly missing shots.

Light Eater

Can enter an energy efficient mode, tiring slowly. In big races of 5 dogs, this is very useful. And for newer players, it can be useful for races of 3 dogs too.

Second Wind

When tired, the dog can will itself to recuperate. This is very useful if you are bad at throwing treats or are struggling in a race.

Speed Boost

Can sprint like a maniac for a brief period of time. A lead dog with this boost is sure to win your race, not only does it drag its self but the entire towline too, this is a very useful skill!

Tangle Free

Can avoid a loose towline to avoid accidents. A good boost for newer players dogs, or when you're really struggling and having a hard time of keeping track of hunger in a race and such. It works well with Good catch, as the dogs will lunge and it will not effect the rope.

Favorites
Favorites are a thing your dog likes, it will boost their happiness if they have their favorite. Favorites can range between all sorts of things in Dog Sled Saga, weather has the most variants. These are the current known favorites:

Weather - Night

Your dog's favorite thing is Nighttime, happiness can be obtained by playing races that have this type of weather.

Weather - Snowy

''Your dog likes Snowy weather, happiness can be obtained by playing races that have this type of weather. ''

Weather - Clear

Your dog likes Clear weather, happiness can be obtained by playing races that have this type of weather.

Weather - Sunny

Your dog likes Sunny weather, happiness can be obtained by playing races that have this type of weather.

Weather - Foggy

Your dog likes Foggy weather, happiness can be obtained by playing races that have this type of weather.

Weather - Windy

Your dog likes Windy weather, happiness can be obtained by playing races that have this type of weather.

Consecutive Catch

Your dog likes to avoid missing treats or being hit in the head by them (throwing a treat before your dog starts panting).

Fame

''Your dog likes to have their picture taken during a race. Usually, to achieve this you can throw a treat over a tree or any barrier to your dog, throw a treat while jumping over a rock, Have two dogs eat a treat at the same time, or beat your rival. ''

Victory

Your dog likes to win races, happiness will be obtained by winning a race.

Petting

''Your dog will obtain happiness when petted in the kennel home screen. You can do this by holding down left click over them and rubbing.''

Perfectly Timed Catches

Your dog likes it when you give them a perfect timed catch, as soon as Heavy breathing starts in them you should throw the treat which will result in a perfect catch.



Trivia

 * The dogs level of happiness can be seen just be looking at the dogs in the kennel. Being very happy is shown by quickly wagging its tail and panting. The wagging slows and panting stops the sadder the dog is, and when the dog is sad, it whimpers and hides its tail between its legs.