I really, really want to get rid of the sparkling that goes on with the bottomless pet bowl. I was hoping that maybe it was a texture replacing kind of job, but I'm not so sure. I did find the pet bowl in this file: Program Files\....\The Sims 3 Pets\GameData\Shared\Packages\FullBuild0_p10.package but none of the files seem to be related to the sparkling effect. I've tried looking in the GameplayData file, but I don't see it. What am I doing wrong to locate this file?

I'll be honest, I do mostly xml tuning edits so this is apparently going to be a nice size job for me. I'm sure others aren't happy with the sparkling food. Are you? LOL!! I do intend to share the finished product here on MTS. Can anyone help me? (I sound so desperate)

http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=446536

I dont like sparkles aswell, so you might want to try this file:
http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=459563

It also eliminates all sparkles that Pets uses.

Thanks! This works just fine for what I need.