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[Thatdude]

So in my latest fortress, I'm tired of all the puppies and dogs running around the place, slowing my dwarves down on their daily trips to whatever. So I do the normal thing and cram them into a tiny area with a pen/pasture zone.
However I notice however that the reports notice keeps popping up on the side of the screen (a red r in the top left in-case you don't know). It turns out the dogs don't like lying on each other a lot and keep scratching or even biting their neighbours.

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All these range from 'puppy scratches the dog' to 'dog bites the dog! It laches on firmly!'. It seems they're drawing blood as well because when I moved them there was a large patch of 'dog blood' where they left.

So anyone else found this?

[BishopX]

Yes, anytime any animal gets too crowded for too long it starts lashing out. Haulers pets can have this problem is they spend most of their time in busy 1-tile wide corridors and sleep in a dormitory as well.

[Korva]

Yeah they do get grumpy now. I like this change, and the grazing too, since it makes animal a little more realistic.

For non-grazers, cramming 'em into a cage still works -- for now. I expect they will eventually need food as well.