This is brilliant - you are an inspiration sir.
As an entrant, I am stoked you are not eligible for prized because IMO this should take just about all of them XD. 

It's got the ragdoll, got the humour, the controls are tight, the sound design is perfect.  Minimal text/turorials.  This is a step above all the other entries I've played so far (mine definitely included).  I love the way the peeing mechanic works, it forces you to move at high speed next to dangerous obstacles.  clever.

 "Upgradathon" is a great mechanic to increase the replayability of a simple mechanic, I will stick it into my toolbelt next to "high scores table" :)

One minor suggestion: I would make collisions with snuffel not hurt the owner. That way the player would be more rewarded for fancy last minute tugs to make the owner e.g. avoid rocks.

thanks!  Would love to hear your thoughts about my game!

Ok, I'm just going to come out and say it. I don't care for Truffle's owner, they are weak and they don't deserve the honour of walking this majestic bladder infected truffle hunter.

I loved how some of the upgrades are double edged in that it makes it more difficult to control the owner's movement.

I actually don't have any criticism, well done 👏.

Also, I'd like to announce that I'm part of the 4k club

Well done - good amount of work to make this - fun - well done

A fun and playful little game, though to be honest, I had no clue what was happening or supposed to happen most of the time.

Beyond the instructions to move and collect truffles, it seems that (for me at least, using Firefox on macOS), there is an issue with the text and/or HUD not working…

I can see a HUD notch at the top, but it is completely empty, and when visiting the lab, the boxes that pop up are devoid of contents. This means I really had no clue what that was for, or why there are sometimes lights on, and other times not.

This made the game rather confusing and also not as rewarding as I imagine it should be.

Besides that, I love the aesthetic and sounds, and think that once I can see what the lab is about, things will make much more sense!

PS: I’ll attach a screenshot to illustrate the problems I experienced.

Was laughing when my owner got dragged into a rock, hilarious! Good effects overall, sound and effects, like the progression model with the upgrades, can keep my busy for ages win sniffing my way through the forest. Small things occurred like for example sometimes the truffles would spawn in a rock, which makes it risker for me to go to but otherwise well done.

Cool little game, really fun to play, the art is great did you make it yourself?

Well, I'm not a judge but here's some feedback.

I laughed way too many times when I cronched into rocks, especially the first time because it was a surprise. The sound design (overall) was really good. I assume it's stock stuff (you should have asked me to join - I could have made some audio just for fun!) but it's still well chosen and really works with the comedy.

I like how the speed increase changes your ability to control the leash, which introduces subtle changes to the gameplay, although on the last upgrade it also makes it a harder to get through doors and align with upgrade terminals to read/upgrade. I thought the upgrade path was pretty well balanced to keep it interesting and also not drift into a grind. I don't know where you go from here, though, to make a larger game.

Thematically it would have made sense for me that the edge of the forest/property had a fence or something (rivers? mountain/rocks? thick underbrush?). I always find it weird when you can just run off into infinity.

I couldn't find a way back to the start after "To Be Continued..."

Thank you for having arrow controls as well.

I saw at least one typo. (I was trying not to look too hard but, you know...)

Overall I really enjoyed the humour and I liked that it was easy enough (so no sense of frustration) but also fun and balanced.