How to Get Started on Furry Paws

Head to the website. Simply go to www.furry-paws.com. Sign up by choosing your first dog. You can always buy more dogs later, and sell your own for Furry Paws money (known as FPD).

• Signing up requires your email, username, name, and a password. Your name does not have to be your real name. You can change your "name" later.
• You will be assigned a number of digits for your account in the game and it will show up after your "name". This is your user ID and is to help others recognize you. You may change your "name", but you cannot change your user ID.

Read the terms of service. Be sure you understand what it means, and agree to follow it. Once you've read it carefully, accept and you've made your account!

Go to the market to buy stuff. The website will take you to an accomplishment track called "citizen." This will help you navigate around the site. The first thing you have to do is buy items for your dog. To go to the market, around the top right will be different buttons such as "kennel," "atlas," "market", etc. Click on "market." (In mobile, click the three lines at the top and choose market.) Choose from the different shops.

• The grooming shop has many types of grooming tools for different levels of dirtiness. For now, you can buy the comb first. There are many colors to choose from.
• The food shop has many types of food. Since your dog is level one currently, do not buy the food items that say below it "level 5+ only" or "level 30+ only" because your dog will not be able to eat it.
• The accessory shop has collars, leashes, beds, bowls, etc. Buy two nice bowls, a collar, a leash, and a bed. Different collars and leashes "boost" your dog in different ways. To see which collar/leash you should buy, head to your dog's page by clicking "kennel" at the top, then "my dogs." Click on your dog's name. After that, click the career tab (below your dog's picture). There will be different words (such as strength, stamina, speed, etc.) and numbers. Find the greatest numbers with yellow dots under them and memorize the word above it (for instance, it may be "speed". Hover over/click the collars/leashes and find the one that says "+[number]spd." (This example is for dogs with higher numbers for speed. If your dog has high stamina, buy a collar/leash that adds stamina. If your dog has higher [word], buy a collar/leash that adds [word].)
• The kennel shop is for kennel (home) decorations and training kits. You will need to assemble training kits in training areas, but you cannot have a training area until you are level 5.
• The toy shop has many toys for your dog. Head to your dog's page and go to the about tab. It'll list your dog's personality. Choose a toy that matches your dog's personality.
• Meanwhile, you'll see the Mall, the FPP shop, the Fame shop, etc. Some of these are locked until you reach a certain level. The FPP shop sells special items for FPP (not to be confused with FPD). FPP (Furry Paws Points) is very hard to get unless you donate USD to Furry Paws. Each US dollar = two FPP.

Follow the directions on your citizen achievement. On the left side, there will be your game time, your name, how many UXP you'll need for the next level, and quick links. (For mobile, click the head icon to see what you'll see on the left side on desktop mode). Head to "Achievements" under the quick links. Try to use the hints and directions on the citizen track. You can also start other achievements, but try to do the citizen achievement to know your way around the game.

Understand other areas. There are lots of areas on Furry Paws, so this is important. All of the following is on the top right area.

• Kennel means your house. You can click the overview to see if you've taken care of all your dogs.
• Atlas is where you can find many things. There is a junkyard where you can find free, discarded items. There are games where you can play to earn money. There is a wagon where you can take free money. There is an image bank. Feel free to look around- you'll find many cool things!
• Market is where you could buy things. You can also purchase another dog, whether from another player or from the store. There is breeding listings, where you can breed your dog with another player's dog.
• Chat is the Furry Paws forums. It is where you can post a bug, give suggestions, advertise art or dogs you have for sale, make competitions, and chat about anything!
• Search is where you can search for items for sale, forum topics, and other things.
• Help is the help center, where there are many articles that may help you.
• Inbox is where you can see your personal message to other players. You can also see the messages they send to you.
• Friends are the people who you have sent friend requests to and they accept, or the people who sent you a friend request and you accept.
• Bookmarks are simply the articles and things you have bookmarked for future use.

Know the areas under quick links. The following talks about what they mean.

• Read the news to see if there are any events coming up or new items in the shops.
• Go to the inventory when you need to see what you have.
• See the overview to see what you have and have not done yet. You can see if your dogs are well, too.
• Click on achievements to complete things and earn reputations (little icons on your owner page) and rewards.
• Skim the activity, which is similar to "notifications." You'll see friend requests, bids, your dogs leveling up, and more!
• Go to vote to vote for Furry Paws as the best online game. You used to be able to get 3,000 FPD every day for voting, but it doesn't work anymore.
• Do referrals to share Furry Paws with friends using a unique link. You will get rewards!