Some Hearthfire spoilers in this thread too, I suppose. Posting this topic here since I can't exactly create one thread in two sections.

Is there any way to, er, find a lost husky?

I picked up Sceolang as a follower pet and then visited my character's only house, Windstad, where an adopted kid (Alesan) then asked to keep it as a pet. I agreed. So far so good. Then I dismissed Sceolang and noticed that instead of following the kid around it sort of... wandered off. Didn't think too much of it at the time since I rarely see the housecarl because of him constantly patrolling in a wide circle around the house. Just figured the dog was doing the same thing.

Unfortunately, that was the last I ever saw of Sceolang. At first I thought it might have returned to the Dawnstar stronghold, but it hasn't shown up there. While this character did marry an npc (Marcurio) that technically has his own 'place', its pretty much just a bench in an inn, though went ahead and checked out the inn anyways in case the dog's AI might have gotten confused. Hasn't shown up there either.

I'm pretty sure Sceolang is still alive, since I've been told that if a pet dies the adopted kid will become upset, which hasn't happened. I can also recruit the other husky as well, but Alesan seems to have no interest in Bran or asked to keep any other kind of pet for that matter.

So what gives? Has anyone else encountered this problem before? Any way to fix it besides a reload? I'm on PS3.

Actually, nevermind, something even weirder ended up happening.

Decided to adopt another kid to see if I could repeat the issue of a pet husky wandering off, with the idea of following the dog this time. Once the second adopted kid arrives at the house Sceolang reappears as well... and Alesan then also asks for a pet mudcrab, despite having previously asked to own Sceolang. Gunna see if I can get the second kid to also keep both the other husky and another pet as well.