I hope they are updated by the time I'm getting Pets(And Glamour Life), which is the 25th(I'm receiving Comfirmation on the 23rd, an 'inititation into Christain adulthood', any everyone who has religious parents knows you get a crapload of money from those), and my legacy family is really coming along(who knew TS2 was so fun without cheats!), and cat would be great becuase of their extreme working life style.

Also, would it be possible for a global hack to effect foods and custom surfaces to enable pet related options?

SimPE is usually updated pretty quickly for new expansions, and InTeen will be updated when the owner decides to

Be patient. Let people get the game and figure out HOW to update.