Hobbies And Interests
Online Games
It is easy to find free pet games for girls to play online, with options ranging from pet dress up, to traditional arcade games to racing games and puzzle games. Try "Puppy Dress Up" from Pet Games for Girls for a low-key, low-pressure game. "Party Pals" allows girls to guide a cat and dog in an arcade environment to avoid pitfalls and collect presents. Mattel's website has several games featuring pets including "Pet-Grooming Studio" and "Pet Sledding."
Computer Games
There are several computer games that girls can play featuring pets. These computer games have varying system requirements, but most systems with a Pentium II processor or higher and 500 megabytes of RAM memory can run most pet games for girls. The Petz franchise has several games for girls including cats, dogs, horses and fish. "Animal Hospital" allows girls to care for pets as if they were a vet. The "Littlest Pet Shop" franchise allows girls to collect pets, trade them with other players and guide them through mini games.
Video Games
There are also many video games that girls can play featuring pets. The Nintendogs franchise, available on Nintendo DS, allows girls to play with dogs of varying breeds. The girls can train the dogs, furnish their homes and enter them in competitions. In "Animal Crossing," for the Wii and DS systems, girls can live in a neighborhood filled with animals. "Pony Friends" for the Nintendo DS allows girls to raise and train horses for fun and to enter into shows. "Petz Bunnyz Bunch" for the DS allows girls to raise and care for cute bunnies.
Board Games
Pet games are not limited to the virtual world. There are also several games that girls can play offline that feature pets. These board games are cute, fun and all feature pets and animals of some kind. In the game "Lucky Ducks," girls can match shapes and colors to the bottom of cute yellow ducks. With "Red Rover," girls can scatter bones across a room and follow the directions of the talking dog to gather and return the shapes, colors and letters to the dog.