I'm sorry about your horses, we need a stay command for sure.
There was a horse I got while Imperials were clearing out a fort (Amol?), mostly black but white socks, that was a pretty faithful, sturdy horse; it *kind of* stayed or started wandering much more slowly than others after dismount; definitely more slowly than Frost! Trying for Shadowmere now.

I've had Meeko and Barbas, but there was one much quieter dog that appeared out of nowhere while I was wandering.... I want to say the Reach?..... It let me use the follow command, helped me fight a dragon and lived (it kited really well), but just after that we moved on to a path between rocky hills and it advance-warned me about necros and eventually got zapped to death. That was upsetting because I liked the companionship, like you say, so I've avoided dogs since then. Don't know where that faithful pooch came from tho.

I think there's a random encounter 'stray dog' and that was probably it. I haven't come across one yet, but I'll avoid it because I would feel badly if it died and would have to reload a previous save. If the dogs here were like the dogs in Fable I'd definitely keep one.

The horses have really been annoying me lately, ever since my first one was killed by wolves it's been nothing but annoyance.

I bought a new one from Solitude and now every time I dismount it it runs off back to the Solitude stable, why does it keep running away, I own it and it was the last horse I rode! O.o

Damn horses... grgr.

That was definitely upsetting.... damn you Skyrim for making me have feelings!


I have Shadowmere now, YAY.
OP, if you want a companion with fight and staying power, go for Shadowmere.

Just be careful of f-t together to the College of Winterhold, it lands you on the skinny walkway, and the first nudge turns you sideways and over the edge....oops.

Skyrim didn't give you feelings. Being a decent human being gave you those. Skryim just tries to drive them out of you...you know: kinda' like Emperor Palpatine.

Oh, I know. I've almost fallen off of there so many times. I asked for a railing, but they said they're afraid we'd be leaning all day.

nice one.

Thanks. Of course, none this will matter when we're famous Bards.