🐶 Grow a Garden: Dog Pet Guide
In Grow a Garden, pets do more than just look cute — they can boost your farming, protect your crops, and even sniff out hidden treasures. The Dog is one of the most loyal and helpful pets in the game, bringing digging perks, buried item detection, and soil-based crop buffs to your garden.
🐾 What Does Dog Do in Grow a Garden?
The Dog is a utility and discovery pet that excels at digging up hidden loot, speeding up the discovery of buried items, and boosting soil-based crop growth.
| Feature | Details |
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| Pet Type | Utility / Exploration |
| Main Ability | Sniff & Dig – Unearths hidden items, buried seeds, or rare loot |
| Passive Buff | +10% growth for underground crops (like Carrots, Potatoes, Beets) |
| Extra Perk | +5% chance to find bonus items during harvest |
| Best Crops | Carrot, Chocolate Carrot, Beanstalk, Root Vegetables |
🦴 Sniff & Dig Ability
The Dog’s unique skill, Sniff & Dig, activates a treasure-hunting mini-burst:
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🪙 Unearths buried seeds, crystals, or event tokens
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🌱 Sometimes pulls up rare root crops
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🧭 Range: Small area around the Dog
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⏳ Cooldown: 75 seconds
This makes the Dog ideal for early-game resource farming, or for players seeking to uncover hidden bonuses in the soil.
🐕 Mutation Form: Guard Dog
With the right conditions or mutation vial, the Dog can evolve into the Guard Dog, offering defense as well as discovery.
| Trait | Guard Dog Description |
|---|---|
| Appearance | Larger, darker fur with glowing eyes and collar |
| Buffs | +10% to both digging and crop protection |
| Special Effect | Occasionally barks to scare away pests or cancel weather debuffs |
🛠️ How to Get Dog
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🎁 Commonly found in Starter Crates
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🛒 Occasionally in the Daily Shop
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🧬 Mutates from Puppy or Wolf Pup with Earth Mutation Vials
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🎉 Reward from beginner-friendly digging missions
🐕 Best Ways to Use Dog
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🧺 Use in gardens focused on underground or soil-heavy crops
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🗺️ Combine with Beanstalk, Carrot, and Chocolate Carrot farms
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🪙 Activate Sniff & Dig near mystery soil patches or during treasure events
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🐾 Evolve to Guard Dog for added safety during weather events
🏁 Final Thoughts
The Dog in Grow a Garden is more than just a cute companion — it's a smart, soil-savvy helper that uncovers loot, boosts underground crops, and keeps your garden safe. A perfect match for beginner and veteran farmers alike, especially those focusing on root-based growth or item discovery.
Whether you’re digging deep for buried treasures or growing hearty underground crops, the Dog will always be by your side — tail wagging and nose to the ground.