I got the console version of TS3 Pets last month. My sim Eve Knowles came a long way from being a single woman with her cat in a ****** home to living in a 2-story 4 bedroom home with her two teenagers and husband who with a little tweaking (read: Lifetime Rewards and Karma Powers) became the one of her dreams. Both their career are at 10 and they're making it by quite nicely.
Oh and I Ghostified a woman who was Eve's co-worker and captured her spirit. As I released her, I got a notice saying "The soul Eve captured can finally be at peace". The bitch was doing just fine.
Her boyfriend just sits outside his home playing guitar all night ever since.
And, maybe 
