I've been trying to buy Vigilance, but am repeatedly told that I have an (apparently invisible) animal companion. My guess is that I must have picked up a stray somehow, although I don't remember ever doing so. Undoubtedly, the poor creature is either stuck or disabled somewhere.

I know that you can use the "prid XXXXXX" console command to select NPCs and then "moveto player" in order to bring them back. If they are disabled I think you can "enable" them. The problem is that I don't know the code for the animal follower (which you would use instead of the previous XXXXXX)!

Is there any way to determine the code for your animal follower?

There are animal companion? , i didn't have a single clue... do they count against the normal companion limit or can you have one humanoid/one animal companion? And can blacksmith custom make plate armor for my future doggie cause that would be awesome!!!

My understanding is that you are limited to 1 humanoid follower and 1 animal follower. Which is why I want to resolve my issue. I'm basically missing half my crew!

I heard your dog armor will be the first official DLC

Ty for letting me know, now I'm definitely looking forward to finding an animal companion... haven't seen one so far though ... GL with your glitch, hopefully you find a fix soon

It better include a collar with spikes the size of my arm...

do you have a horse? I got the same message and I assumed it was because I had already bought an horse.

I don't think I have a horse... I once found one (with a dead bandit nearby) and rode it for a while. But when I fast travel to cities, an owned horse doesn't appear in the stables. Besides, I think you're allowed a dog on top of the horse.

All I really need is the refid for the dog companions. There can't be more than 3 or 4.... Once I have those I can bring them back to me.