I shot Dog Meat. I didn't intend to, but I'm not certain I'm sorry about it. You see, I was over near tenpines settlement, I'd collected a lot of junk along the way. I wanted to get Dog Meat to carry some of the load, but when I activated him the only choices I had were "Stay" "Follow" or "Go". I tried clicking on hims several times, I tried right clicking on him, I tried activating him while sneaking, while walking, and finally with my weapon at ready. through it all, there was never any options other than "stay follow or go".
That last attempt was unfortunate. I tried activating him with my weapon at ready, and the weapon fired although that was not what I intended. I then clicked on Dog meat and got the same useless commands, so I said "What the hell!" and shot him again.
Later, I got to where I was going to sell off my stuff, and dog Meat goes running in front of me. Without activating him, the options for talk and trade were present. Of course then, I didn't NEED to give him anything... so I shot him in the butt. Again.
Is anybody else having this problem with Dog Meat or other followers?