use crt-f to search this guide for whatever trait you are trying to achieve!
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when trying to achieve multiple traits, i find it's usually best to either mutate two separate dogs(one with each trait) and then breed them together(works best if the traits are food-based and cancel each other out normally), or, if they just won't combine right, breed a 'clone'(breed the dog you are working on with any other dog and just pick offspring that look exactly like the goal dog) once you are done with one trait, and then work on the next one with that 'clone' baby, and so on and so on.
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not all possible traits (especially when it comes to colors) have a food that will give them, so for some things you will unfortunately have to just grind for random mutations and hope. (i've found that you have a better chance for mutations with newer dog breedings, so keep going down the line genealogically rather than breeding the same dogs over and over) if you get a good trait like this, make sure to force feed that dog so that it doesn't pupate while it has any gut flora that might mess up the trait you want to keep. lasagna and chicken nuggets only affect overall size, and cancel eachother out, so those are good foods to use to get a puppy to grow up without changing. still, it's a good idea to export/import a clone to make sure you can try again if you have to, since even without gut flora, random mutations can occur.

Unlocked by; default


Nutritional Pellet
Unlocked by; default
Effects; long legs, orange skin


Burrito
Unlocked by; default
Effects; thick body, short legs


Ham Slider
Unlocked by; cleaning up 10 poops
Effects; ham-like body, droopy face


French Fry
Unlocked by; default
Effects; thin body, long body


Chicken Nugget
Unlocked by; cleaning up a poo
Effects; little


Corn Dog
Unlocked by; hatching a dog with a very short body
Effects; yellow pattern, brown body, long body

Unlocked by; letting your dogs build a den (adding 20 dirt clumps to a large dirt patch)


Ants on a Log
Unlocked by; raising a dog with no legs from pup to adult
Effects; thin body, long body, little


Banana
Unlocked by; default
Effects; long legs, long body


Coconut
Unlocked by; default
Effects; thick body, short legs, inverted snout, wide stance


Cut Fruit
Unlocked by; default
Effects; narrow stance, intense pattern, short body, yellow skin


Honeycomb
Unlocked by; hatching a dog with more than 4 legs
Effects; yellow body, black pattern

Unlocked by; playing for 1 hour


Alien Fruit
Unlocked by; default
Effects; thick legs, glossy sheen, long ears, tiny nose, green skin, purple body, orange nose/ears


Dehydrated Treat
Unlocked by; default
Effects; thin body, tiny tail, skinny legs


Moon Cheese
Unlocked by; default
Effects; ham-like body, droopy face, thin body, tiny tail, flat body, skinny legs


Lunar Pie
Unlocked by; hatching a dog with a flat body
Effects; inverted snout, wide stance, long snout, short ears


Onion Ring
Unlocked by; default
Effects; big, short body, yellow skin


Pizza Tube
Unlocked by; hatching a dog with no legs
Effects; thin body, tiny tail, short snout, matte finish, skinny legs, tall body

Unlocked by; memorializing a dog core (deleting memorial will add core to storage)


Candied Apple
Unlocked by; default
Effects; narrow stance, intense pattern, metallic sheen


Decorative Corn
Unlocked by; default
Effects; narrow stance, intense pattern, inverted snout, wide stance


Deviled Egg
Unlocked by; hatching 10 eggs
Effects; little, thick legs, glossy sheen


Garlic Bulb
Unlocked by; having a dog vomit(repeatedly force feeding it when it's full seems to work)
Effects; big nose


Pumpkin Pie
Unlocked by; hatching a very large dog
Effects; thick legs, glossy sheen, inverted snout, wide stance


Gourd
Unlocked by; default
Effects; short body, yellow skin

Unlocked by; collecting 10 viable(non-dud) eggs


Pancake
Unlocked by; default
Effects; big tail, flat body


Garlic Bread
Unlocked by; default
Effects; big tail, big nose


Chip
Unlocked by; default
Effects; long legs, orange skin, long snout, short ears


Lasagna
Unlocked by; default
Effects; big


Apple Slice
Unlocked by; playing for 10 hours
Effects; narrow stance, intense pattern


Pizza Bagel
Unlocked by; having a dog eat a poop
Effects; big, big nose

Dirt Clump
Source; the ground. dogs will dig it up to make a den.
Effects; brown skin


Poop
Source; food go in dog, poop come out dog
Effects; random mutations


Half-eaten Food
Source; tell a dog to eat when it's not very hungry and it will not finish its food(at least that's what i assume- i'm not 100% sure)
Effects; random mutations


Empty Cocoon
Source; left over after a dog pupates
Effects; random mutations, leg number


Dog Body Parts
Source; starvation or old age with dog death turned on
Effects; random mutations


Dud Egg
Source; not sure actually, i think i got them when a dog tried to lay eggs while trapped inside a transfer tube, and then i released them. eggsplosion.
Effects; random mutations, leg number