Dogs of Belverra

Before you can add a dog, you need at least one kennel. Kennels are organisational containers — dogs belong to a kennel the way horses belong to a barn.

Create your first kennel →

Foundation dogs are added with a name, breed, sex, age, and primary discipline. Starting stats are generated from a random base plus breed aptitude bonuses — a Border Collie going into Agility will start ahead of a Rottweiler in the same discipline.

Add your first dog →

Dog shows appear on the show calendar filtered by species. Find a dog show at your dog's discipline and level, and enter. Results are processed automatically when entries close.

Browse dog shows →

Pregnancy lasts 4 game days (~2 real days). The dam is unavailable for breeding while pregnant. Pups are created automatically by the daily tick when the due date passes.

Litter size is determined by the dam's breed group and rolled at breeding time:

Each pup inherits a conformation score equal to the average of both parents' conformation, plus or minus up to 8 points of random variance. This is the only stat that cannot be trained — breeding high-conformation parents is the only way to improve it across generations.

All other stats (drive, focus, athleticism, temperament, endurance) start low at birth (5–15) and grow through the daily training tick. Discipline is inherited from the dam. Pups begin at Beginner level regardless of their parents' competition records.

• Dogs must be at least a year old to compete.
• Dogs may only enter a maximum of six classes per show.
• A dog can only enter classes in their primary discipline.
• A dog can only enter classes at their current level — not above, not below.
• Retired dogs cannot compete.
• Dogs below the show's minimum health threshold are automatically removed from entries.

• Dogs earn points for top-5 placings in sanctioned shows. Points accumulate both seasonally and over a lifetime.
• Placing points awarded per class: 1st — 8pts, 2nd — 5pts, 3rd — 3pts, 4th — 2pts, 5th — 1pt.
• Season points reset at the end of each game year. Lifetime points never reset.
• Titles are awarded automatically when a dog reaches lifetime point thresholds: Copper (40pts), Bronze (100pts), Silver (250pts), Gold (500pts), Platinum (1,000pts), Diamond (5,000pts).
• Competition level advances separately from points — level progression is based on top-5 placings at your current level, not total points earned.

• A dog's discipline can be changed from their profile page under Edit Details.
• Changing discipline will reset the dog's competition level to the first level of the new discipline.
• A 90 game day (~45 real days) cooldown applies before the discipline can be changed again.

Scores are calculated from the stat weights for each discipline, modified by the dog's current health score and a variance roll. A healthy dog with high primary stats in the right discipline will consistently score well — but variance means no result is guaranteed.

Conformation is an open class any dog may enter. However, a dog with Conformation as their discipline will be given a boost.

• Prize Rosettes distributed from the class prize pool.
• Laurels awarded for top-5 placings — same scale as horse shows.
• Champion and Reserve Champion bonuses for classes that split into sections.