I suddenly got the urge to go back to Nintendogs for a while, but I want to start completely fresh. My voice has changed, so these guys no longer respond to my commands, and I also want to have the feeling of starting over completely. I turned the game on with the intention of deleting the file, but when I saw those three happy pups hopping around and smiling at me--I just couldn't do it, as it would effectively be 'killing' them... .
I could store them in the pound and 'continue' this file, but... still...