thanks for the help!
i was using the wrong version of action script for the link i used. im going to try the one with the text output now
http://megaswf.com/view/50a9b9f46b985e14b20c506d5b26cefb.html
is what i ended up with, need to play more. lol
can someone guide me to what i need to look into if i want to add buttons so the dog (im gonna make a new one, i just googled one so i could play with flash) does things, i want to animate him to say bark, pee, fight. when buttons which will be around the outside are pressed....
or thats the concept anyway!
thanks