When you begin the game, you'll notice several stray dogs wandering around. If you approach them, they'll run away. To woo a dog to your yard, keep putting food in his bowl. Anything will do: grass, eggs, berries. When you place these foods in the bowl, they immediately turn into doggie mush. After a while, you will notice the dog appearing at your farm more and more. Keep trying to pick up the dog (X). At some point, he will let you pick him up, and he will be yours!
How to Get the Horse
To get the horse, you'll have to visit Bob's farm quite a bit. Do part-time work taking care of his horses and cows and give him lots of presents. Eventually, after a solid chunk of work (a season or more), he'll bring a horse to you.
How to Train Your Dog
Once you get a dog to stay on your farm, you'll have to train him. To do so, use the following button presses in order to get him to do what you wish:
Sit: UP, LEFT, DOWN
Down: UP, DOWN, DOWN
Heel: LEFT, RIGHT, RIGHT
Drive animals: RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT
Jump: LEFT, UP, RIGHT
Sit up: DOWN, UP, UP
Power Berry Locations
To get the Power Berries scattered around the land, look in these places:
1. In your pasture.
2. Visit the Harvest Goddess.
3. Visit the Harvest Sprites.
4. Go fishing.
5. Trigger the "Sacred Land" event.
Full Moon Berry
Around the middle of Fall you can go behind the cafe/bar and get the full moon berry. After you get it, the berry will be there in another 3 days. The full moon berry will restore a lot of your energy and it is also a good gift to give to people.
Pancakes Breadfruit egg milk pan
Honey Cake egg Honey breadfruit oven
Fruit Flan milk egg any fruit oven
Cheese Cake egg G milk breadfruit oven
Bouillabaisse tomato M. Fish pot
Cheese Omelet egg cheese Pan
Sautee Fish w/cream Herb Large Fish Milk Pan
Tim
He loves eggs, especially Golden Eggs.
Martha
Give her Special Cheese and she will have a heart reaction. She loves her eggs, especially gold eggs.
Lyla
The little heart will appear over her head if you give her Home Made Jam or Pink Cat Flower (which start growing in summer). If you show her you dog in the beginning, she will also have a heart over her head, but this only happens once she appreciates the yellow flowers (but that does not get a big reaction).
Kurt
He likes tomatoes.
Katie
If you give Katie some cheese, a little heart will appear over her head indicating that her love rate increased. It is recommended that you make your own cheese - costs $500. When she meets your dog for the first time, she will get a exclamation point on top of her head. The girls will only like your dog if you give it a good name. If you give her gold eggs and milk before the Cake Contest starts. you will also get a reaction.
Gwen
Gwen also loves Jam.
Gina
She really likes Golden Eggs. Also try giving her a big fish for a heart reaction. Gina loves the Full Moon Berries found behind the bar and cafe in the fall. A heart reaction will form.
Dia
There may not be anything that she likes, even blueberries.
Bob
He likes home made cakes.
Free Animal Fodder
Take a part time job at Brownie Farms when you are feeding the animals fodder You can steal whatever is left over by putting it in your pack.
Secret Store
There is a secret "store" in the big mansion near the farm store where you can sell almost everything but you cannot buy anything. The store is on a piece of paper near the refrigerator at the mansion.
Fishing Rod
Go to the Cafe as soon as the new day begins and you will see a carpenter. After the intermission sequence he will explain and give you the rod.
Chickens
Chickens take longer to give Gold Eggs. If you leave your chickens outside in the grass you will not have to feed them. Instead of paying 500G for a chicken from the Animal Farm, buy an egg from the Supermarket for 50G and place it in the incubator. Three days later, a baby chick will hatch.
Cows
Your cow will give milk faster if you leave her outside on very sunny days (when the weather channel states that there will be a 0% chance of rain). Once she gives Large Milk, leave her outside on two very good days and you should get Gold Milk. If you leave your cows outside in the grass you will not have to feed them.
Recipes
Blue Berry Jam: Blue Berry (3x) and Pot.
Boiled Egg: Egg and Pot.
Cake: Egg, Milk, Breadfruit and Oven.
Cheese: L Milk and Pot.
Cooked Fish: Potato (or Herb), Fish and Pan.
Cran Berry Jam: Cran Berry (3x) and Pot.
Cream of Corn Soup: Milk, Corn and Pot.
Cream of Mushroom Soup: Milk, Mushroom and Pot.
Cream of Tomato Soup: Milk, Tomato and Pot.
Creamy Soup: Potato, Milk and Pot.
Flan: Egg, Milk and Oven.
Fruit Cake: Breadfruit, Milk, any fruit and Oven.
Fruit Omelet: Egg, any fruit and Pan.
Hot Milk: S Milk and Pot.
Mixed Jam: Very Berry, Cran Berry, Blue Berry and Pot.
Mixed Omelet: Egg, any vegetable and Pan.
Omelet: Egg, Milk and Pan.
Special Cheese: G Milk and Pot.
Sunny-Side Up: Egg and Pan.
Very Berry Jam: Very Berry (3x) and Pot.
Yogurt: M Milk and Pot.