Well, as much as i like Rex, Dogmeat is... i just can't replace him.

I'm not saying ship dogmeat 3000 miles to the west coast... but maybe in a DLC you can add in a dog you find somewhere that has no name, no owner, nothing.

You could name the dog, but first you have to gain it's trust.

It would be barkingat say food hanging/ taunting him on top a radio tower.

To get it down you have to enter the radio tower, fight a few bugs, then take the peace of meat and give it to the dog. (Or if you already have a brahmin steak, just give him that.)

After youdo that, the dog will start being friendly. It is still not completly accepted to you, but does follow and help you. Then you have to do a quest, to find out were the dog came from.

On the dog is a note tied to his neck. The note reads.

"I can hardly take care of myself... now this damn dog keeps eating right out of my pockets. I love you (Smug), but i can not take care of you any longer. If anyone happens by this note, i will have gone north, into new vegas. If you wish to take care of the dog, go right ahead, if you want more information about him, come find me in vegas. My name is Martin Kinsfli."

At this point you get to name the dog, just as you named yourself at the begging of the game.

When you go to vegas, you can ask around, if anyone has seen Martin. Eventually you will be directed to a NCR officer. He will tell you what happened.

"Martin, ah yes... he disapeard recently. He stoped by, saying, someone is coming for me, you must help. We thought he was delusional.... i mean we would have helped but then he ran off right out of the strip. One of the M.P's said they saw a strange man stalking him. He wore a grey trench coat and had a brimmed hat, the solider said."

After searching around the strip, inside the tops, in the restraunt, you will find a grey trench coat guy wearing a brimmed hat. After talking to him he tells you the dog owner's story.

In the end, you find the owners body, on it is a dog coller, but no name on the coller. After you put it on your dog, you get the "Man's best Friend" Perk for your dog. This perk makes it so he can sniff out, Ammo, Food, and even bottle caps.

What you guys think? Would this be a cool companion?

No. We don't need another dog companion.
We've had one in every canon game.
I wish they'd just stop it.
It's not like Fallout would fall apart without a dog companion.
If anything there should be a molerat or gecko companion just to freshen it up.
Or hell, even a nightstalker would be all right.
But yet another dog?
No thank you.

I rather have a weak robot then him for storage

Well i don't know about you guys, but im fond of dogs. I would rather travel with them then, Raul or someone anyday. Rex is just.... to robotic for my taste tho.

Id rather have a gecko pet, like you rescue it from a guy that was abusing it, and it likes you

Yea that sounds awsome.... Maybe they should make a pet store too........

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Well what's so bad about wanting a gecko companion?

lol that wasnt all sarcasm.... just the pet store part!

So open minded...

I would love a gecko! That would be so cool!

*sigh*
Why oh why didn't they add a taming skill...
That way everyone could get the creature what they wanted.

JPW0nder, "So open minded..." Okay? We've had one of those filthy beasts in every game, do we really need another one? Another one although we already have a cyborg-dog?

(I'm just starting to get annoyed at the devs rehashing the same old formulas for each game, if FO3 could it would have had NCR in it too. >_> So I just want them to break the formula for once. Cyborg-dog is at least somewhat more acceptable but I still think of K-9 when I look at Rex.)

I want Snuffles.

hummm, a coyote would be fine

GECKO

One time, I found a random Little Gecko that was not hostile to me. He just kept on running. I followed him for like 5 minutes laughing my ass off. THEY ARE SO CUTE I LOVE THEM
Eventually he got stuck behind a lamppost or something, so I mercy killed him. YOU LIVE ON, MY LITTLE GECKO FRIEND. BE STRONG!

Wait.... That sets up a great companion, after you heal snuffles leg, they tell you to take him, your better suited to taking care of him. These companions don't need huge quest ethier.... just somthing that follows and helps you fight!

No, I want a cat companion that can't carry anything but boosts my sneak skill by a few points, adds a couple of percent to critical chance while sneaking, and allows me to see enemies further away.

It's been a long time since I played FO 1 & 2 and I can't recall, has there ever been a cat in the game?

Pet cat's are extinct.
People ate them.