How do you earn coins in petville?

The new and exciting game from Zynga is already starting to make puddles on the internet. (Sorry that was a pet owner joke). Petville, the game where you make a pet and groom it to be whatever you want it to be is quickly becoming very popular.
Like all the Zynga games there is some sort of currency involved. In the case of Petville it is coins. So how exactly do you earn more coins you ask? There are a few ways to do so:
Give your pet a good bath
Yes, this is actually the first tip. Don’t laugh. You don’t want a dirty pet. The first thing you’ll see is soap on the floor. Drag that to your pet. Then start moving it. This recreates the cleaning you would do in real life. After it’s complete it will give you a reward, usually of 10 love, and 10 coins. But, what if you didn’t get coins doing this? That’s ok! It’s completely random on which prize you receive. So wait a few minutes and start bathing your pooch again!


Go to your neighbors house and interact with their pet
Ah, the art of going to the neighbor’s is lost on this new generation. No one knows who their neighbors are, so it’d be sort of curious to them if suddenly you are playing with their dog. Not so in Petville, you know exactly who your neighbors are and they are ok with you coming over and helping out in duties.
What you need to do is click on your neighbor’s house, and a page will appear that says “Let’s Play. Click on the interactions and it will start doing an action. This is when you receive more love and more coins! Yay!
Clean your neighbors house
What!? You are not a maid! Well hear me out. How often have you gone to a neighbor’s house in real life only to be disappointed because they have a pizza box stack as a coffee table? In Petville you get to clean their houses and earn some coin. When you go to your friends house there will dirt on the ground and tables. Just click on these dust bunnies and they will automatically clean up. A message will popup saying how many more dirt piles are left. Click click click. Each time you clean a little dirt pile you will earn some coins, if you clean them all you will get an extremely rewarding bonus.
Clean your neighbors pet
Ah, are you starting to sense a theme here? Cleaning and maintaining your pet is the name of the game. The more you do this, the more coins you’ll earn. Now, imagine all the points you’ll earn if you clean all of your neighbor’s pets too! If you find soap on the ground when you visit a neighbors home you will be able to give their pet a good scrubbing and earn some serious coins when the cleaning is finished.
Finish your food!
All the pets that I’ve had in my life have never been told to finish their food, so I’m surprised this is actually a way to earn money in petville. What you need to do is fill your bowl up with food. You pet will then start eating some at first. Then a timer will come up, you must feed your pet for a bonus, which could be coins!