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Message 8 on news:
From: Japes
To: news
When: 12:56 am, Friday, June 29, 2001
Subject: Sleeping Pets

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 Certain pets (including all the dog breeds currently available in the

gameworld) will now be able to 'fall sleep' in much the same way that
characters do. Hopefully this will solve most issues with pets being
subjected to danger while their masters are asleep until we have a more
permanent system of kennels, stables, and other animal residences.
For a dog to fall asleep by your side, you must log out (using any of the
'quit', 'exit', or 'logout' commands) at the same location of your pet.
Currently, pets will only sleep with their master. Pets will not sleep if
their last order was to stay or to guard. Pets will also not fall asleep if
they perceive themselves to be in some kind of danger.
The pet will return to the gameworld and 'wake up' when the master does.
The sleeping period does not affect the pet maintenance holdings.
Any characters that have bought a pet from Canus' shop which has since
died, please let us know through a @feedback. Include the type of breed and
the name. We will only consider reviving pets that died while their master
was asleep.