The Pet Patch
by Virgo Vardja

The Pet Patch lets you use the startup option 'pettype:n', meaning 'no thank
you, I do not want to have a pet at all'.

It also shows (in your conduct) how many pets you had in total

diff -c src/allmain.c src/allmain.c
*** src/allmain.c	Sat Jul 22 02:59:01 2000
--- src/allmain.c	Mon Nov  6 11:44:34 2000
***************
*** 497,503 ****
  	 *			- ucsfcgl!kneller
  	 */
  	if(MON_AT(u.ux, u.uy)) mnexto(m_at(u.ux, u.uy));
! 	(void) makedog();
  	docrt();
  
  	if (flags.legacy) {
--- 497,505 ----
  	 *			- ucsfcgl!kneller
  	 */
  	if(MON_AT(u.ux, u.uy)) mnexto(m_at(u.ux, u.uy));
! 
! 	if (preferred_pet != 'n')
! 	    (void) makedog();
  	docrt();
  
  	if (flags.legacy) {
diff -c src/cmd.c src/cmd.c
*** src/cmd.c	Sat Jul 22 02:59:03 2000
--- src/cmd.c	Mon Nov  6 19:38:32 2000
***************
*** 1139,1144 ****
--- 1139,1152 ----
  			" for any artifacts");
  	}
  
+ 	if (!u.uconduct.pets)
+ 	    enl_msg(You_, "have had ", "had ", "no pets");
+ 	else {
+ 	    Sprintf(buf, "%ld pet%s",
+ 			u.uconduct.pets, (u.uconduct.pets > 1L) ? "s" : "");
+ 	    enl_msg(You_, "have had ", "had ", buf);
+ 	}
+ 
  	/* Pop up the window and wait for a key */
  	display_nhwindow(en_win, TRUE);
  	destroy_nhwindow(en_win);
diff -c src/dog.c src/dog.c
*** src/dog.c	Mon Jul 17 00:15:49 2000
--- src/dog.c	Mon Nov  6 19:32:13 2000
***************
*** 718,723 ****
--- 718,724 ----
  		/* eating might have killed it, but that doesn't matter here;
  		   a non-null result suppresses "miss" message for thrown
  		   food and also implies that the object has been deleted */
+ 		u.uconduct.pets++;
  		return mtmp;
  	    } else
  		return (struct monst *)0;
***************
*** 744,749 ****
--- 745,751 ----
  	    place_object(obj, mtmp2->mx, mtmp2->my);	/* put on floor */
  	    /* devour the food (might grow into larger, genocided monster) */
  	    if (dog_eat(mtmp2, obj, mtmp2->mx, mtmp2->my, TRUE) == 2)
+ 		u.uconduct.pets++;
  		return mtmp2;		/* oops, it died... */
  	    /* `obj' is now obsolete */
  	}
***************
*** 753,758 ****
--- 755,761 ----
  		mtmp2->weapon_check = NEED_HTH_WEAPON;
  		(void) mon_wield_item(mtmp2);
  	}
+ 	u.uconduct.pets++;
  	return(mtmp2);
  }
  
diff -c src/options.c src/options.c
*** src/options.c	Wed Aug  9 20:33:01 2000
--- src/options.c	Mon Nov  6 11:43:52 2000
***************
*** 983,988 ****
--- 983,992 ----
  			case 'F':
  			    preferred_pet = 'c';
  			    break;
+ 			case 'n':	/* no pet at all */
+ 			case 'N':
+ 			    preferred_pet = 'n';
+ 			    break;
  			default:
  			    pline("Unrecognized pet type '%s'", op);
  			    break;
diff -c include/you.h include/you.h
*** include/you.h	Sat Jul 15 17:08:29 2000
--- include/you.h	Mon Nov  6 16:14:21 2000
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*** 59,74 ****
   */
  struct u_conduct {		/* number of times... */
  	long	unvegetarian;	/* eaten any animal */
! 	long	unvegan;	/* ... or any animal byproduct */
! 	long	food;		/* ... or any comestible */
! 	long	gnostic;	/* used prayer, priest, or altar */
! 	long	weaphit;	/* hit a monster with a weapon */
  	long	killer;		/* killed a monster yourself */
! 	long	literate;	/* read something (other than BotD) */
! 	long	polypiles;	/* polymorphed an object */
! 	long	polyselfs;	/* transformed yourself */
  	long	wishes;		/* used a wish */
! 	long	wisharti;	/* wished for an artifact */
  				/* genocides already listed at end of game */
  };
  
--- 59,75 ----
   */
  struct u_conduct {		/* number of times... */
  	long	unvegetarian;	/* eaten any animal */
! 	long	unvegan;		/* ... or any animal byproduct */
! 	long	food;			/* ... or any comestible */
! 	long	gnostic;		/* used prayer, priest, or altar */
! 	long	weaphit;		/* hit a monster with a weapon */
  	long	killer;		/* killed a monster yourself */
! 	long	literate;		/* read something (other than BotD) */
! 	long	polypiles;		/* polymorphed an object */
! 	long	polyselfs;		/* transformed yourself */
  	long	wishes;		/* used a wish */
! 	long	wisharti;		/* wished for an artifact */
! 	long	pets;			/* had a pet */
  				/* genocides already listed at end of game */
  };