Doug the Dog and Trading Gems

Do you trade gems with Doug the Dog in the Clubhouse? For the past several months I’ve been working harder at finding Doug and trading with him. In the past, I never really had much interest in it, but now I’m on a quest to get those trophies!

It was only recently that I learned that in order to make progress in your gem trading, you must use the SAME pet each time you trade with Doug! For a very long time, I had no idea that the progress was tied to a particular pet. You can imagine that I was very confused when it seemed like Doug kept making me start over and go back to all those ice cream and rock candies!

 

My progress has really picked up speed now that I know to use the same pet each time I find Doug. In fact,  I finally earned all those trophies I’ve been wanting so bad!

Here’s what the three trophies look like:

Here’s a little bit of info on Doug in case you haven’t traded with him before:

Doug is Arte’s brother, and once a day, for only one hour, you can find Doug in the Clubhouse. Click on him, and he’ll ask you to give him a specific gem. If you have the gem, and you’re willing to give it to Doug, then he’ll award you a prize.

Doug starts out by asking for common gems, then he moves on to uncommon and rare gems as your trading progresses. Sometimes he’ll ask for more than one type of gem at a time.

Here’s what Doug looks like in the Clubhouse:

Doug can pop up anytime, but I’ve noticed that he’s generally in the Clubhouse in the evenings, usually between 5pm and 7pm. When he’s there, he stays for an hour, so if he shows up at 7pm, he’ll be there until 8pm.

There are 20 prizes total to collect from Doug – that’s a lot! I’m doing pretty well on both of my accounts. I especially love the wallpaper and flooring that you can earn from trading with Doug:

Do you like to trade gems with Doug? How many prizes have you collected? Which are your favorites? Let me know in the comments for a gem trading food prize via Kinzpost!

Thoughts from the Treetop: January 11, 2017

I had a few random thoughts and bits and pieces of news to share, so I thought I’d do another “Thoughts from the Treetop” post.

First I wanted to share something pretty cool I got when I was entering feature codes from my Series 2 Webkinz Trading Cards. It’s an Ancient Vista Window.

If you can’t read the text on the picture above, it says “It’s a preview of our rare Ancient Civilization room theme. ” So that means these Series 2 Trading Cards were released BEFORE the Ancient Civilization Theme was ever in the Curio Shop. I thought that was pretty cool.

Here’s what the Ancient Vista Window looks like in my Ancient Civilization room (excuse the mess – it’s a work in progress!)

I’ve never seen an “Ancient Vista Window” before anywhere – not even in the Trading Room. Just when I think I’ve unlocked all the prizes that Series 2 has to offer, something comes along to surprise me!

Next up, a super cute ice skating dress in the Ganz eStore. If you’re like me, and you love to dress up your Webkinz pets, then you’ve probably been keeping up with the winter and holiday clothing items in the Ganz eStore. I love the Sparkling Skating Dress because it looks so adorable when you pair it with the girl’s figure skates from the 2017 Winterfest prize pool.

This is my Webkinz Pom Pom Kitty named Glitter. Glitter is one of the first Webkinz I ever got. It’s been so long that I don’t even remember where she came from, but even after all these years, I think Glitter is one of the cutest of all my Webkinz pets. These plushes are actually still available on Amazon – and for a great price! You can buy a Pom Pom Kitty plush for less than $7!

Moving on to our next subject…I’ve been making a whole lot of progress trading gems with Doug in the Clubhouse. I have a blog post about Doug that I’ve been working on, and I’ll publish it soon, but I did want to share my exciting news that I’ve won two of the Gem Collector trophies so far!

In fact, my collection of gem swapping prizes is really growing in both of my accounts:

Do you trade gems with Doug the Dog? Have you made a lot of progress? Tell me in the comments for a special Doug the Dog food item via Kinzpost!

Last but not least, I was really, really stoked to learn that WKN featured my Winterfest Cookies video! 🙂 I created a few more new videos in the past week or two, so check them out if you get a chance! 🙂

Unboxing Winterfest Cookies

Time lapse coloring book

Adopting a Holly Fox

Adopting a Blue Persian Kitten

Lots of love,