There have been a few things going on with doggies recently. Many of you have posted in the issue hub about a long string of code on your dogs. If this has happened to you, please go over to this forum and repost the dogs in question. Include a link to your dog's page.

There has also been a change to the breeding script. To make it more realistic, the smaller breeds (shelties included) now can have between 1-3 pups per litter, and the larger breeds will have 2-4 pups per litter. There will also no longer be any glitched litters where you receive the wrong amount of pups, or have an unending breeding. The third change to the breeding script is that you may now pass along the custom glitch of having over/under 100/0% opacities to pups, if you wish. There will be a check box under the stud request, so you can decide if the glitch will be passed on or not.

Lastly, I'm sure you all will have noticed the "ghost dogs" that have been being born recently. This glitch is now fixed, and no more of these dogs will be born. This means that the ghost dogs in existence are rare, and no others will ever be born like them. The glitch with this is that the pups were born without a base coat, giving them a transparent look. If you do not want to keep your ghost dog, you may request it to be fixed in the issue hub. :)

The Riddler

... has put a new riddle up for you to ponder over! Can you beat him?

Autofeeder: if you donate $5 or more, you will get an Autofeeder per donation, no limits. Next month the autofeeder will be available in the monthly shop for 5-6 bones. Unlimited use, and your dog will never get hungry again. Read below for more on the Chance donation, but if you donate $25, you will get both the Chance and the Autofeeder.

Video Contest Winners!
The Grand Prize winner of $40 USD for our great promotional video is: ZJ (#1511)
Second Place winner of 30 Bones is: Ice Wolf (#180)

Referral Contest Winners!
First Place winner of 50 bones is:
Etoile (#4199)
Second Place winner of 30 bones is:
Zilver (#6438)
Third Place winner of 15 bones is:
illusionsofdreaming (#6174)

Donations go through Alacrity, we will send to dene and Chance. :)

Hello Alacrites, this is Dene (#-13).
As some of you may have noticed, there is a new edition to the right sidebar, titled "Help Chance!"
Chance is my RL dog who needs to have a rather expensive surgery, to fix his left back leg.
He got out on New Year's Day and when we got him back on the second (a very nice lady called and told me she had found him) he was not walking on his left back leg at all, likely hit by a car.
We got him to the vet on the third and the vet did a physical exam when she moved and felt his leg. She told us that is could be a fracture or he could have torn his CCL, and that they needed to do x-rays. To do the x-rays, they would need to sedate Chance.
After consenting to the sedation and x-rays, we had to wait. If you've ever had to wait in a vet's or doctor's waiting room, you know how hard it is to just sit there, not knowing what's going on. Fortunately, the whole process did not take very long and we were soon called into a room to see the x-rays and speak with a vet (not the same one who examined Chance).
It was the CCL and it was torn completely in half. This is not visible on x-rays, because the CCL is not a bone. xP But the x-rays show that nothing is broken, but the femur is sliding. Without correction it can continue to slide and will cause pain.
There are a few different options as far as surgery, but from the opinions of two vets and my own research, Tibial Plateau Leveling Osteotomy (TPLO) is by far the best option for a dog of his size (big) and activity level (very active).
The surgery will cost upwards of $3,000. There is no way my boyfriend and I can afford this on our own. The vet said we have about six weeks before it will get too much worse, but it is best to act as soon as possible.
The entire knee-area of his left leg is inflamed and swollen. The vet sent us home with some pain pills that are also an inflammatory, and a whole lot to think about.



I am reaching out to you, the awesome people who love dogs as much as I do.
Chance really needs this surgery, and I am asking for donations made through Alacrity. Anyone who donates $25 or more will receive a special Chance companion, as well as bones for the amount donated.
This companion is not only the most adorable thing on Alacrity (in my very biased opinion), it has quite an awesome effect on your dog (no doubt courtesy of the real Chance's epic awesomeness).
If your dog has this item equipped, its puppies will be very special. The Chance companion adds a 15% TP increase to litters. You can also equip to both a male and a female to see a double increase! Speaking of which, the breeding script has been fixed and should not glitch anymore. It has been coded so smaller breeds can have 1-3 pups and larger breeds 2-4, to resemble real life. But you should no longer have any bugs with it or neverending script loads.

The Chance companion will only be available until the end of January.
If you have already donated, and wish to donate more to qualify for a mini-Chance, message Robyn and let us know! The money you already donated can count towards the $25.

Anyone who wishes to donate less than $25 will receive eternal gratitude courtesy of Chance, Glen, and I.
We all appreciate this more than words can express.

If you are not able to donate, we also appreciate spreading the word.
Post the link on Facebook, or anywhere else you can think of (as long as it is allowed)!
Every little bit helps tremendously.

Chance does accept snail mail, message Robyn (#1) for details.


Again, thank you all very much.

I leave you with a picture of Chance before he was injured:


- Dene & Chance