Category : K9 Information

Lets Talk K-9’s Food

Your K-9’s will eat approximately once every hour. If food is not present

their hunger and thirst will rise until it reaches 100% at which time they

will get sick, this will take 3 days. A Vaccination can be used to

Heal your K-9 or they will eat their way out of sickness in

approximately 3 days.
Breeder Food is for K-9’s you wish to breed once they reach 7 days old.
Pet Food is to be used when you do not wish to breed your K-9’s. If you

decide to breed your K-9 after feeding it Pet Food, it will take 7 days on

Breeder Food for the effects of the Pet Food to wear off.

1.Rez the food/water within your K-9’s set range.

(a K-9′s default range is 5 meters)
2.Can click the food/water to change options and see remaining %.

Options include Owner only, Group only, and All.
Owner only: Will only be consumed by the owners K-9’s.
Group only: Will only be consumed by K-9’s in the same group

as the food/water is set to.
All: Any K-9 within range of the food/water will be able to consume it.
Once the food/water has been completely consumed it will disappear.
If you are having issues with your K-9 not eating please try the following

tricks before filing a ticket.
1. Re-rez fixes 99% of the issues.
2. If the land is set to a group, are the K-9’s and food set to that group?
3. If the land isn’t set to a group, are the K-9 and food set to the same

group as each other?
4. Check to see if the K-9 is set to the type of food out (more stats)
5. Re-set home position.
6. Sometimes giving them a K-9 Treat will help them start to eat so you may

also want to try this. Remember your K-9’s only eat once every 43 minutes

so you may not

notice a change immediately, be patient it takes 3 days for a K-9

to reach 100% hunger.

A Null trait is an “Invisible trait” , A placeholder.

 

These placeholders are being implemented as a way to allow the breeder to have a maximum traited horse , but still look the way they want it to look.

 

Example 1

 

Dont like luster or brands ? Try these traits in your Horse

 

Coat Luster Null

Hair Luster Null

Branding Null

 

Example 2

 

This horse appears as a L/L white walker with gleam. But in reality its an 11 traiter as the Null is actually a breedable trait.

 

Example:

11 T White Walker

Version 3.2

Coat: White Walker

Eye: Pluto Galaxy

Mane: Long

Tail: Long

Coat Gleam High

Hair Gleam Null

Coat Luster Null

Hair Luster Null

Coat Opal Null

Branding Null

 

To give you a better idea also here is a full list of all Null Traits

 

Horses:

Hair Gloom Null

Coat Gloom Null

 

Hair Chill Null

Coat Chill Null

 

Hair Warmth Null

Coat Warmth Null

 

Hair Haze Null

Coat Haze Null

 

Hair Blush Null

Coat Blush Null

 

Hair Hue Null

Coat Hue Null

 

Hair Luster Null

Coat Luster Null

 

Hair Gleam Null

Coat Gleam Null

 

Hair Opal Null

Coat Opal Null

 

Brand Null

 

K-9s:

Radiance Null

Sheen Null

Sunrise Null

Sunset Null

 

Remember the Null traits are just like any other traits and pass the same way.

Mystique Rainbow Surprise!

Hey guys its Monday again I do hope that everyone who celebrates had a wonderful Easter with friends and family! I have a lot to share with you guys today and don’t worry you know I have pictures!!

So maybe you aren’t a member of the group or didn’t see it but the surprise everyone has been waiting for arrived. You know in a earlier post Jaymee revealed that if you breed two Mystiques of same color or two Runes eyes of the same color, this would give you a chance at a surprise?? Well…………….. SURPRISE!!!!

Here is a photo of the Mystique Rainbow Quartz Horse !!!! Isn’t it pretty!! I can hear the oooooh’s and ahhhhh’s from here!

But wait there’s more! What ?? More? OMG! Yup thats right we didn’t stop with a new coat we gave you a new eye to go with it here is a up close look at the Rainbow Mystic Quartz Eye!!


The new Mystique Rainbow Quartz Horse/K-9 and Rainbow Mystic Quartz Eye are separate. Meaning you have possibility to get a offspring with just the eye or just the coat! Amaretto didn’t stop there either! We love our k-9s and the people who breed them too so they also had a chance of a surprise!

Heres a look at Mystique Rainbow Quartz k-9.

 

This is a up close look at the Rainbow Mystic Quartz k-9 Eye.


Now these eyes and coats will have the ability to pass on to offspring! So some new and exciting things going on in the Amaretto world today! Don’t forget the Spring has Sprung Limited and Special Editions are only avaliable until tonight at 11:59 so if you haven’t got your fill or picked up your yet your running out of time!! Well until next time you guys Happy Breeding!

Spring Surprises

++We would like to think that everyone out there likes all the pretty colors and traits available on the horses and K-9s, but realistically we know that’s not the case. We also like to believe that the community loves it when we throw that special surprise twist into the Limited Editions and Special Editions. These beautiful Spring has Sprung LE’s and SE’s contain one of THE most exciting surprises to be released from the Ranch. Do you want the ability to breed a 13 trait horse but without color? How about the ability to breed an 8 trait K-9 without Radiance? Then you want these Spring has Sprung LE’s and SE’s as they hold the beginnings of something exciting!!!!

I hope you’re enjoying the nice weather, blossoming trees, birds singing, bright daffodils, and the gathering of family and friends. We at Amaretto have been working hard to create something special for this lovely season. Starting now and ending Monday April 9th 2012 at 11:59 pm, Amaretto is offering Spring Has Sprung Limited Edition horses and Special Edition K9s. There are 4 Limited Edition horses and 4 Special Edition K9s. The LE horse’s manes and tails are random and the Special Edition K9’s size is also random. To add even more excitement to it…. there is a possibility to get different color combinations such as a pink mane and tail on a green horse or a blue collar on a yellow K9… also you can possibly get different color combinations with the eyes for example a blue K9 with a pink eyes or a yellow horse with green eyes.  I do need to mention that the coats do not pass, nor do the colored manes and tails. The eyes however do pass as well as the collars on the K9.

Happy Easter, Happy Passover, and Happy Spring!!

The Mystique coats and Runes eyes are gorgeous with their vibrant and bold colors. We’ve seen many people trying to mix in the chill and warmth for a variation of colors, or blending in the new hues to give them that extra pop of color. Well what if we did what Amaretto is famous for and threw an unexpected twist in there? Well, Guess what? That is exactly what we have done! Starting now…. If you breed two Mystiques of the same color or two Runes eyes of the same color be prepared to see something magical happen. This magical something will be worth breeding for! So get those Mystiques coats and Runes eyes together and start breeding…. Remember… they must be a Mystique coat of the same color or a Runes eye of the same color for a chance to get this mystical prize.

I rarely have the time to go to the web and search for blogs about Amaretto, and today was no different! However, I was sent a link to what may just be one of the best written blogs about Amaretto that Amaretto didn’t actually write!  I guess that is fitting since the blog is on the best of SL website!! Thank you so much to Rusalka Callisto for publishing such an amazing blog about Amaretto Breedables! If anyone out there knows of other well written blogs about Amaretto that I might want to take a look at please feel free to drop me a notecard in-world with the web address.

 

Please go check out the amazing blog that inspired me to write my blog this week J

http://associatedslpress.thebestofsl.com/2012/03/30/the-addiction-of-amaretto-breedables-pays-off-for-relay-for-life/

K-9 Hud

To play Fetch with the K-9 using the HUD

Today I am going to talk to you about playing fetch with your K-9s. Below is a list of instructions on how to do so….

First:
Wear the HUD – It will attach to your screen in the upper left corner
Touch the K-9 you want to interact with and chose HUD from the Blue Menu
Touch the Connect button on the HUD – It will confirm in local which K-9 is connected to the HUD
Now you can choose to play fetch with your K-9
Next:
Click the Get Ball button – This will send a ball to your objects
Wear the Ball – it will attach to your hand
Click Ball to set range for the distance at which the ball will be thrown. You can chose from 20, 40, 60, or 100 meters.
Click the Fetch button on your HUD
You will see the mouse look button at the bottom of your screen click that to go into mouse look
Aim where you want to throw the ball and left click your mouse to throw the ball
Your K-9 will run and retrieve the ball and bring it back to you as you will see it back in your hand and you can throw it again and again while your K-9 retrieves it for you.

Once you are done interacting with your K-9 via the HUD or you want to play with a different K-9 click the Disconnect button. This will disconnect your K-9 from the HUD and reset Home position where the K-9 is located at the time it disconnects.

REMEMBER TO MOVE YOUR K-9 BACK WITHIN RANGE OF ITS KIBBLE AND WATER AND RESET HOME POSITION.

Oh no, my Bundle/Kennel has problems!

If there is any interference (with Second Life, the Amaretto Server, lag etc.) when the mother goes to drop her bundle/kennel she will go into recovery but the bundle/kennel will not automatically drop. The mother will try to contact the server again and if all the conditions are favorable the bundle/kennel will then drop. Depending on the issues stated this may take some time so just be patient. As stated in the notecard horses/k-9s will not birth more than one viable bundle/kennel within a 3 day period. Please give a few hours if she doesn’t drop before filing a ticket.

 

There will be no twins

 

Here is a breakdown of what your Bundles/kennels can say, and what it means

 

“NEVER_RECEIVED_MOTHER_COMMUNICATION”

Didn’t receive the message from the mother. The mother will have a second bundle/kennel if this occurs; the current bundle/kennel is a dud. Wait a few hours before filing a ticket with these, it might not be necessary.

 

“Connecting…”

Typically unseen, this is what happens when the horse/k-9 receives a message from the mother in its description.”ATTEMPTING_RECONNECTION”

 

“DUPLICATED_UNBIRTHED”

Means that somehow two copies of the same bundle/kennel existed in world. File a ticket and we can fix it.

 

“MOTHER_HAD_SECOND_BUNDLE_IN_THREE_DAYS”

“MOTHER_HAD_SECOND_KENNEL_IN_THREE_DAYS”

If for any reason a mother horse already had a bundle/kennel in the past 3 days, this prevents it from occurring. We log these issues server side with the parental information, if you can’t find the mother’s bundle/kennel, file a ticket and we can try to find it.

 

“ALREADY_BIRTHED”

Rare, horse already birthed from bundle/kennel

“DUPLICATED_BIRTHED”

Rare, horse/k-9 already birthed from bundle/kennel

“SUCCESSFUL_KENNEL”

“SUCCESSFUL_BUNDLE”

Ready to be named or birthed

Be Your K-9s Best Friend

Thank goodness it’s Friday!  It has come to my attention that some people have a misconception about when and how often K-9s can be given the Puppy Love Pill and Mega Woof Vitamins in order to get the K-9s ready for breeding.  I was speaking with a breeder yesterday who did not realize the benefits of giving Puppy Love Pills and Mega Woof Vitamins to your K-9s from birth and they suggested I write my blog this week on this topic.

Lets say that your K-9 reaches age 7 without having any Puppy Love Pills or Mega Woof Vitamins, it then has to still reach 100 heat before it can breed which means it will be that much longer before your new kennel will be dropped.  If your newborn K-9 is given a Puppy Love Pill and a Mega Woof Vitamin each day from birth, that is 15% of heat added each day.  So by the time the K-9 reaches age 7 it will already be at 100 heat and will be able to get pregnant right away.  Another little known fact is even pregnant K-9s can be given the Puppy Love Pills and Mega Woof Vitamins in order to keep them primed and ready for breeding at all times.

So if you have a really nice K-9 that throws really nice offspring that would be a good candidate for you to keep ready to go at all times!  I hope this tip helps some of you with your breeding schedules and if you have any other tips you’d like us to share with everyone please be sure to let me know!