There are two kinds of people in the world. Those who use cheats in The Sims 4 and those who lie. Cheats are a fun and easy way to unlock perks, boost stats, and more. While there are plenty of cheats in The Sims 4 overall, this article is dedicated solely to the ones applicable to the Cats & Dogs expansion.

How to use cheats

To use these cheats, you will need to open up the Cheat Console. On PC, press Ctrl + Shift + C, input testingcheats true, press Enter, then open the console again and input the following codes.

On PlayStation and Xbox, you can open the Cheat console by pressing the four shoulder buttons simultaneously. Input testingcheats on. Open the console again and input the following codes. This will disable achievements and trophies.

It should also go without saying, you will need to own the Cats & Dogs expansion for these cheats to work.

Cheats

Career cheats

  • Add vet career – careers.add_career VetGet a vet promotion – careers.promote VetQuit being a vet – careers.remove_career VetRetire from being a vet – careers.retire Vet

Change relationship levels cheats

For the following cheats, you will need to input the names of your Sim and the pet you want to increase or decrease the relationship with. Additionally, if you want the relationship to be somewhere between great and terrible, change the value where we put 100.

  • Max the relationship – modifyrelationship {PlayerSimFirstName} {PlayerSimLastName} {TargetPetFirstName} {TargetPetLastName} 100 LTR_SimToPet_Friendship_MainBottom out the relationship – modifyrelationship {PlayedSimFirstName} {PlayedSimLastName} {TargetSimFirstName} {TargetSimLastName} -100 LTR_SimToPet_Friendship_Main

Killing cheat

  • Kill a pet (turns them into a ghost) – traits.equip_trait Ghost_OldAge {Pet ID}Get your pet’s ID for the cheat above – sims.get_sim_id_by_name {PetFirstName} {PetLastName}

Skills cheats

  • Max out Pet Training skill – stats.set_skill_level skill_Dog 5Max out Veterinarian skill – stats.set_skill_level Major_Vet 10

Vet Clinic cheats

  • Hire additional vet #1 – bucks.unlock_perk AdditionalVet_1 trueHire additional vet #2 – bucks.unlock_perk AdditionalVet_2 trueAccess vet supply quality and cost – bucks.unlock_perk SupplyQuality trueIncrease customers – bucks.unlock_perk vetperks_MoreCustomers trueMake patients more patient – bucks.unlock_perk vetperks_LengthenImpatienceTimeout trueLess chance for disasters when manager is away – bucks.unlock_perk vetperks_LowerChanceBadEvents_Small trueLower employee training costs – bucks.unlock_perk vetperks_LowerEmployeeTrainingCost trueLower pet stress – bucks.unlock_perk ReducePetStress trueUnlock Inspirational Speech skill – bucks.unlock_perk vetperks_InspirationalSpeechSocial trueUnlock Vet Coat – bucks.unlock_perk UnlockCASItem true