Trotting

Trotting is a behavior displayed by Dogz with an Acrobaticness value of 0. While playing or simply running around, the Dog will sometimes trot like a horse, i.e. its diagonally-opposite legs will move at the same time, giving it a wide, bouncy stride. It's a popular and desired trait by many breeders and hexers.

The biggest indicator of a Dog being a trotter is that the Dog will drop dramatically and "heavily" when held and released unless this is done near the bottom of the screen, which is useful for obtaining show photos.

Trotting is a genetic trait and will not mutate naturally into lines with no trotters in their lineage.

Puppyz may display trotting behavior with no lineage and will not retain the gene as adults.

The Catz equivalent is called floofing.

Trotting By Breed
Trotting occurs naturally in varying levels for each purebred out of the Adoption Center.

Making Dogz Trotters

 * Carolyn's Creations: Tutorial for editing individual   files into trotters.
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 * LNZ Pro: Individual .pet files may be converted into trotters with the check of a box.
 * Reverie: hosts a tool that will automatically convert an individual Dog into a trotter.
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