Hi guys so I don't know if this has been suggested before and if it has I do apologize but I was brainstorming a bit for pets and came up with this. The option to display (or not display) certain pets. Here is where I would of liked this.
Positives:
Negatives:
I still would want the pet name to show up when searched so users can know if a name is taken or not. If the account is inactive than the option to use that pet name would still work.
Just a small idea I came up with, I didn't think about all the positives and negatives so feel free to add if you think I missed something.
- You can do this yourself by writing up your own HTML and dumping it in a blank section on your profile. I see people do this all the time, and even add custom icons and things.

I'm not quite sure if you want to hide pets completely or just on your profile? I personally don't really think hiding some pets on your profile is necessary because you can always remove the pet section and add the pets you want shown as a new section. (I have 20 pets total but only 6 are currently linked on my profile.) Hiding pets in certain areas like for training or the resort would be nice but I wouldn't want a pet to be hidden everywhere. I don't really understand why someone would want one of their pets to be hidden everywhere because when you can't even look at them it seems weird to me to own them I guess. It doesn't really take a lot for a pet to get nominated so I don't think it would be necessary to have only one pet shown to get it nominated. Plus you can just disable the spotlight for your other pets^^
As others have said, this isn't really necessary if your are just talking about the profile. I have seen many people who hide their pets completely until they are ready to show them or who only list a few. Mine are visually hidden and I just list their names.