Parents' Guide to Touch Pets Dogs

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Common Sense Media Review

By Carla Thornton , based on child development research. How do we rate?

age 8+

Shelter puppies thrive under kind virtual care.

Parents Need to Know

Why Age 8+?

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Parent and Kid Reviews

age 8+

Based on 1 parent review

age 3+

Based on 2 kid reviews

What's It About?

Kids adopt a virtual dog from a shelter and then care for it by petting, feeding, and playing with it. The virtual pet can also go on missions, and kids can decorate the home with and dress the dog up. Kids pet the dog by rubbing the screen with their finger, and drag and drop food, toys, and clothes to use them. The dog can also interact with other dogs via the social media links in the app.

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say ( 1 ):
Kids say ( 2 ):

This interactive game puts a real dog inside your iPhone. He (or she) stands with front paws against the screen as if trapped on the other side of the glass. The graphics are good and the touch and accelerometer interactions are great. Pet your grateful pooch with finger swipes and roll the ball around the big back yard by tilting the phone. Pick up poop. Neglect him and the poor pup becomes tired and lonely.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about caring for an animal. What kind of attention does a dog need compared to a cat, or a hamster?

  • Visit your local animal shelter and spend some time playing with the animals there. Ask your kids why it might be important to help out pets at a shelter.

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