An old friend of mine invited me to play Pet Society. I must have been really bored that day, so I clicked on the invite and gave it a try. Pet Society, created by Playfish, seemed harmless enough, with its simple, 2-D avatars in a game that didn’t appear to have much of a competitive urge. The environment was flat and uninteresting. Here’s a screenshot of my pet, “Sushi,” in his empty house:
Empty House in Pet Society
Yeah, I know, it didn’t really impress me either. Little did I know that Pet Society had the addictive properties of corn syrup or crack cocaine. Once I started visiting other people’s pets, I began to sense the game’s appeal. I saw that my friend, Holly*, who invited me to play, had a much nicer house and a closet full of cute clothes. I asked Holly how long she’d been playing the game. “Hmm. A month, maybe a month and a half. It’s good for OCD,” she replied.
My friend's better house in Pet Society.
I immediately went into downtown to shop for pet clothes. This, I realized was the hook. Like The Real Housewives of Atlanta, the lives of the pets in Pet Society revolve around shopping and looking good. I visited the stylist, and experimented with various hair styles and facial shapes, but found to my dismay that I couldn’t afford most of the changes. Getting a heart-shaped mouth or a pair of furry, cat-like ears would cost hundreds of points. Changing the skintone was the cheapest at 50 points, but I decided to keep my pet coffee-colored. Obama had just been elected President after all. It was hip to be latte.
Most disappointing was that I couldn’t change my avatar from a boy to a girl without shelling out 250 coins. I preferred to have a female pet, but I needed my points badly for new duds and furniture, not to mention food. With my tight budget, I settled for a striped shirt and a pair of simple black shoes.
Before and After the make-over
The next day, I got a note from Holly. “Sushi looks sooo adorable in his new shirt! But he’s a bit of a perv. My pet Genevieve went to visit him, and he answered the door with no pants on!”
“Just pretend the shirt is a dress,” I replied. I explained that I couldn’t afford a sex change and that I was just going to treat Sushi like a girl.
When Holly wrote back, she sent over a pair of virtual jeans. “These are for your boy-girl.”
It was a nice gesture, but I didn’t quite understand what the big deal was. It’s not like the pets have big boobs and genitalia anyway. Besides, having a trannie in the neighborhood would add to the diversity of Pet Society.
I didn’t tell Holly this, but I sold her jeans and went shopping again, this time buying an orange couch and a potted plant for the house. My pet was now ready to receive visitors in style.
New furniture for house in Pet Society
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Geez… you still had a empty house when you are level 12?
Hi Adante,
Someone has a sharp eye! You noticed that I was already at level 12. My house was actually not empty at the time of writing this entry. But I wanted to illustrate the situation of starting out as a poor pet, so I moved Sushi into an empty room. I also cropped out the icon that shows how many other rooms I have in the house.
http://www.petsocietyanonymous.com
I’m a big fan of Pet Society, and since the Pet Society forum is down for maintenance at the moment, I hit Google to see what else was out there fan-wise, and found your blog. I was reading along, amused by a lot of what you were saying, until then I came to this:
“Except for the Jesus freak on my list, everyone seems pretty cool…”
Wow, that’s really disappointing. You seemed so liberal.
Hi Lisa,
Hmm. You’re right. I shouldn’t make fun of Jesus freaks. I did not mean to offend. In case you didn’t see my earlier entry about how to make more money in Pet Society, the person I was speaking of proudly states that she is a Jesus freak. She uses those words exactly. In her profile, next to religion, she lists, “Jesus freak.” And the only reason why I don’t think she’s very cool is not because she believes in Jesus, but because she seems well, kind of freaky.
As I said, I did not mean to offend anyone, so I will edit that sentence. The beauty of Web publishing–you can always revise!
http://www.petsocietyanonymous.com
I think my friends downloaded glitches in pet society. Do pet society really have glitches? They can jump 100-300 paw points when they do something which I don’t know. But for me, I can only jump 7 or 17 paw points. If anyone knows how to download the glitch, please tell me!!! I am a very big fan of PET SOCIETY!
“Where do you get so many things and why are you so rich?” I asked. My friends kept quiet and did not want to say about that cheat. I went to find more aplications and i went to every page to look. I saw PET SOCIETY ADDICTED, PET SOCIETY GIFTS, and pet society. I was delighted when I saw Pet Society Addicted. I went into it and saw my friends joined as a member. So I went in. There were lots and lots of gifts for free!!!!!! So I picked a grand piano which i wanted long ago. But when I loged in i got nothing. So I went in to Pet Society Gifts. There were lots and lot of present too. I picked a plant which cannot be found in the shops of pet society, but when i loged in, I still can’t find my gift. If anybody knows what’s going wrong, please inform me thank you.
Hi Marsh Malow,
Those applications, Pet Society Addicted and Pet Society Gifts do not connect with Pet Society the game. The gifts that you send and receive only show up on your Facebook page, not in Pet Society. If you want a gift in Pet Society, you have to do it either in the game, or through your “BOXES” tab in Facebook. For instructions, see my post on “How to Get a Rubber Ducky.” http://petsocietyanonymous.com/2008/12/13/how-to-get-a-rubber-ducky-in-pet-society/
hi..i hae some question…how can i earn more money..i hae visted my friend and i done evrithing …helpp..
Mary,
First of all, I’m Kara. Hi! (: When I first started out playing PS, I usually earned my money by using up all of my races at the Stadium. Even though I was really bad at first, practice makes perfect, right? Another fun thing to do is to go outside of your house, and when you run through trees, you get coins! Another thing is to buy plants or flowers at the garden store and when they grow to the full size (I let my veggies grow until they are at the stage ‘large’) and sell them for a profit! P.S. You cannot plant trees and sell them, though they do grow fruit/cupcakes/strawberry shortcakes/etc. depending on the tree. Good luck!
-Kara
hi im ryan i tried this for a few days and it worked so save up money to buy a tree , then 4 days later (or the next day if you have the money) buy another fill up 1 garden with trees and every day you will get 85 to 170 coins it is also good to have about 40 to 30 friends as you will gettons of cash from them i on my first four days made up to 6000 in cash
I believe in Jesus, and I don’t want you to think we are freaks (except those that call themselves freaks obviously do), but I think you are hilarious.
is a hot
Nice story on how you got started. I was introduced to Pet Society via a friend who was always on it. I decided to join thinking it would be harmless. (Little did I know…) I mean, it can’t be as bad as World of Warcraft — which was an addiction that took too much of my time! So, after leaving WoW, here I am now fully addicted to Pet Society. I traded my Level 80 Blood Elf Hunter for a level 12 avatar pet. Haha.
PET SOCIETY ADDICTED, PET SOCIETY GIFTS still doesnt work for me can some one PLEASe help me?
oh ok. thats a bit depressing
yes, i’m a big fan of pet society in facebook!!! i love my pet and i play with HIM weekly. it’s my way of unwinding my a little bit stressful life. my pet’s name is YOGI! ;P
“Except for the Jesus freak on my list, everyone seems pretty cool…”-I wish you kept that up
Doesn’t anyone have any guts to say jesus lovers are annoying? I think they’re a bit soft in the brain.
hi petsocietyanonymous, ur blog is awesome,.
can you please add me,.
petname: kurdafia
level: 29
I’ve been playing PS for two days and I love it! I can’t stop; it’s so adorable! I’d love to have more friends (I only have 9 so far) http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home By the way, my spoiled pet’s name is Mandy. I wuv her!
Nice blog. WOOHOO FOR PS!!!!!!
i just got a new level if you add me them i will buy you anithing khadizah789@hotmail.com
hey your pets name is the same as my pets name and they both look like twins exept my pet is a girl
wow i love u blog can you add me pls its khadizah243@hotmail.com is shushi that cute but it looks more like a girl its very nice of you to love your ps i spend more time playing pet society more than my real pet popozo urgh he is so boring he only eats meat pss he made my other pet died (gogu) im so sad really gogu is my favorite
hey…u know a maitenance is goin on….so i was browsing…..ended up on ur blog…..and i really think its awesome….btw i luv PS as well
hi your pet is invited to my pets birth day in his garden my email is khadizah10@hotmail.com and the person who made this blog your pet is in the vip part so you freebies yay
i lso got slaves for the party
anyone is invited
nice website dude!
hi
i sweer i the first time i enter didnt seem really cool
but as a saw my friends houses i really wanted my house would be nicer
i have been in pet society for a month and im in level 23
almost 24 but i hate sometimes that im waiting all day long and they said pet society is on mantenance!!!
LOVE PET SOCIETY
im an addict
kisses
xoxo
I love pet society its so fun and cute.I cant believe how fast i got hooked on to it.I found out about it when my sister kept on talking and talking on and on about it, so i tried it.after a few days got better,better,and better at it! right now im level 23 with a muskateer suit and a cool house it took me 3 months
lol. i love the blog. truly a PS addict. (like me!) I actually had my pet months ago, but at first i thought this was just really a kid’s game. then, after opening my PS account in FB again like I guess last or last, last month only, that was when the addiction started.
Even my sister and my mom are addicted to it. 
Currently, I’m still at level 29 due to being busy at work, but I love it. 
nice to have stumbled upon your blog. 
Hi Sushi…Please add my pet PoOkie!
XoXo -
Johnny
i love pet society too, but how can i catch all the fish??
i am level 49 nw which is ruby super pet…
lol im only on level 12 i havent played it in a couple of weeks
i’m also addicted pet society… i have dressed my pet like crazy! i have 47 pages of clothes! but food and furni only have 5 pages..
i’m now at level 32… and i have determined to get level 47 !!!
Hi May
47 pages of clothes? Wow, you can do a whole fashion show all by yourself!
hello , im so totally addicted! i remember being bored ,so i used to go on word challenge and one day i seen pet society on the side of the screen so i thought i would try it ! i hated it at first so i didnt go on it for four months ,then i seen my friends in school having hour long convos about so wen i went on it i seen the most amazing dress it is great ! i was so detemmined to beat people that i failed all my classes that term ! now im level 33 and dont fail because all my friends are 21 , i have lots of furniture! heres a good tip , make some emails up and then fake facebooks ,then add urself as a friend then u get 2500 coins and can buy things and send them to urself i dont consider this cheating . i think of it as ‘Money is there to be spent sowhy not spend it xx
P.s . soorry for this long message but im really addicted , great story by the way ! xx
:D
You got level up so fast,I am only level 9
High Achiever,At least level 9
I am so hooked! It started when my friends, at school, would totally get like “OMG! My pet, like, pooed a while ago!” and my other classmate would like go “That’s nothing compared to me. I got a gold trophy!” So I joined Facebook and immediately confirmed my account and got down on PS. And I have many accounts so add me! Here’s an advice: Buy many Effect Aways from the Mystery Shop and gobble them up at home!!
P.S.
I am Level nearly level 24, RosiexXxXxXx, you are so lucky
Your blog is so awesome! So is Sushi! Add me on Facebook, im a level 14 cat called Fluffy. I play with him EVERDAY! Anyway, add me on facebook my name is Salman Hussain Milad age 13 :3
HEY LOVEEE YOU BLOGS i READ THEM ALL ..I LOVE PET SOCIETYY I WANTED TO ADD YOU BUT I CANT FIND YOUR ADDRESS..IF YOU GET THE CHANCE CAN YOU ADD ME THNAKSS!! http://www.facebook.com/sassie01
Het PSA!
Nice blog! Can u write more blogs? Cuz im getting bored and i dont want to read and re-read all the same blogs again.
Yours truly,
Jaty
Hi Jaty,
I wrote 3 new entries today. But perhaps you have another idea for a Pet Society story?
PS Anonymous
Haha, my story was the same as yours. =]
ZOMG how do you get crack (cocane)?~?~?~!~!~!
i really really love ur blog, add my pet spencer please !!! firhan_hardian@yahoo.com
i wounder when did you start this blog
My Facebook was accidentally disabled.
I couldn’t live with myself for a whole week until I got it back. ;}
That’s the length of my obsession. Lol.
Sad. (;
i love pet society… i’ve been away from my pet lamby for… 5 minutes!!!!
*runs off to comfort lamby*
*opens up a new tab so i can write and look after lamby at the same time*
right where was I…
oh yeah, Im level 20 something… lol
loving the new halloween stuff
hi again
i finaly got a pumpkin and i brought loads of accessories for it 
i’m still growing my plant 
only 2 days to go 
i love the new sticker idea 
one question…
can there be dinosaur things in pet society? i love dinosaurs and it’ll be really cool
also why are all the good things in the cash shop? i wanted a goo thing that changes shape every day but it costs play fish cash
any way i still love the game
P.S i’m a girl but i hate anything girly :/
same here but do you like Barny the purple dino
i love barney
but not as much as the the yellow one 
yellow is my favorate colour!!!
hehe
i’m soo addicted to pet society!!!!
I actually got into PS because I saw my friend’s profile that said ” XXX is playing with her pet in Pet Society” so I clicked “Pet Society”. So I started to play, then I got addicted to it!!
can i be a guest blogger for my pet renesmee carlie
ur blog is cool
i always read it twice a day
im xcited to be a guest blogger
If you want to do a guest blog, write a story, add pictures and send to petsocietyanon@gmail.com. I cannot promise to publish it, but I do consider every submission and have found other guest bloggers in this manner.
I am addicted!! still at office playing with my pet. while everybody has left. HELP!!!
ill help you find ur petxx:)
I JUST WANTED TO SE ALL THIS WEEK ONLI
AN THEN IT BEGINS
NEW FURNETHURE NEW CLOTHES NEW EVRITHING
I HAD TO HAWE ALL OF THAT
NOW IM ON 31. LEVEL AND STIL PLAING
P.S. RICH TO =)
<3<3<3
Wow I came across to this blog randomly and I was having fun reading through some of your posts *save your blog as fav*
How I got addicted to PS is kinda similar to you too, my friend said this game is cute and invited me, then I invited my other friends and so on. And I got more and more addicted as I played this game lol, a while ago I even started buying CC to get some cool immortal wings and stuff ^^
My friend cheated as well so now her house is piled with stuff that my pet cna hardly walk argh. I thought of cheating but gave up at the end. The fun bit of PS is earning coins with your hard work right?
i want free giftssssssssssssssss
i ilov it and to see the new thing in mistrey box and a new things that you know
i like pet society and my house is so cool if you wont to see my house in face book
add me and my e_mail is
witchwinx5@hotmail.com
im : 12
my name is raghed or ghody
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wa so thankful to your friend…join my blog!!!!www.petsocietydomain.blogspot.com
Hello there. :] Just hoping you’d add me so I can have some more active Pet Society friends. Love the blog. Thanks for your time. ^^
Hey Peeps,
Don’t Forget to vote for Pet Society on http://www.masableawards.com/ Thanks!!!
Lol you sold pants for couch?
haha i like the part “.. he answered the door with no pants on!”
)
Hi petsocietyanonymous,
I have a question about Sushi, if you have so much money now, y dont u get a sex change?
Over time, I have come to like him exactly the way he is. Besides, I don’t want to cut off his imaginary wee-wee! Most readers seem to agree:
http://petsocietyanonymous.com/2009/10/01/make-overs-plastic-surgery-in-pet-society/
I am nearing a whole year on pet society, I am on level 47 and have all the possible extra rooms. Lily is one spoiled panda with almost 50 pages of clothes and 42 pages in my trunk (not include whats in the rooms).
I hope that the game will continue to be as fun, even if there is no more “goal” for me.
I run a contest for all players in the forums with multiple prizes given each day.
Its helped me make many new friends and helped me feel like I’m helping others. Feel free to check it out
i wannt a very very much money more than u can how can i get them?
pliz replay
Hi Pet Society Anonymous, I just wanted to ask what i should type if i want to find you on Facebook because i want to add you as a friend.
And can you get the Cupcake fish with the Homegrown Cupcake?
I got hooked to pet society when a girl from my class and all the other girls were talking about h0w cute their pets were. So I tried it out to get closer to the hot ladies in my class. At first I thought it was for girls only to see my other guy friends were also playing to it. My pet Strife is now level 47, I’ve been playing since last year and I got PSA!!!!! Before Pet society I was addicted to a playfish game named Restaurant City!
i need to play
Hi PS Guy,
Those applications don’t actually connect with Playfish’s Pet Society. They’re just for sending silly little pictures of gifts to your friends on Facebook.
http://www.petsocietyanonymous.com