The pack mentality a Houndoom -and Houndour- had in them naturally worked very well when it came to a household that may see young starters come and go, and for when Clavell took another onto his team as well. He knew just how much he could trust the dog-like pokémon, and know things would be well taken care of if he was busy or absent for a sort time. Intelligent and loyal given the time spent with Houndoom on his team, and seemed to enjoy watching them.
Only thing stopping Houndoom from certain things was the fact he was not bipedal with opposable thumbs of any sort.
"You're perfectly fine- some trainers who receive their first pokémon have never cared for one personally until then. We all start somewhere," reassuring with a soft smile. "That is also not a terrible place to start, as there are farms with certain pokémon and- well, there are horse-like ones as well." Rapidash and Mudsdale to think of a few.
A small gesture- "Turtwig here can rely solely on sunlight, capable of photosynthesis like a plant; they are a Grass type, and it is something their entire line is capable of," but Turtwig was the only one that could survive on only that, "Of course, they also adore berries. Fruits and some vegetables likely wouldn't hurt as well." Given he could understand not even bothering to feed the pokémon could seem cruel in a way; they deserved treats.
"It has hard to tell the difference visually- I do have a pokédex application on the rotom-phone that arrived with me that we can use to check, if you'd like."
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Only thing stopping Houndoom from certain things was the fact he was not bipedal with opposable thumbs of any sort.
"You're perfectly fine- some trainers who receive their first pokémon have never cared for one personally until then. We all start somewhere," reassuring with a soft smile. "That is also not a terrible place to start, as there are farms with certain pokémon and- well, there are horse-like ones as well." Rapidash and Mudsdale to think of a few.
A small gesture- "Turtwig here can rely solely on sunlight, capable of photosynthesis like a plant; they are a Grass type, and it is something their entire line is capable of," but Turtwig was the only one that could survive on only that, "Of course, they also adore berries. Fruits and some vegetables likely wouldn't hurt as well." Given he could understand not even bothering to feed the pokémon could seem cruel in a way; they deserved treats.
"It has hard to tell the difference visually- I do have a pokédex application on the rotom-phone that arrived with me that we can use to check, if you'd like."