I was off on a quest prowl through some extensive dwemer ruins, and just as I hauled up there, with follower in tow, 'stray dog' runs up to me.

So, I try to shoo it off, dismiss it, tell it to wait, but nothing worked. Not only that, but whenever I interacted with it, my actual follower would dismiss. Whether it was a mod issue, or just a bugged dog, I don't know, but I do know that I haven't interacted with this dog previously on this character.

Now, it's nice to have a dog around, but definitely not in falmer infested dwemer ruins, and definitely not if it causes glitches with my actual follower. So, no other option, I crossbowed it...three times. The really unpleasant part was that it just sat there with a dopey look on its' face.

Sometimes this game svcks.

In my very first game, Barbas went with me to retrieve the axe. By the time the quest was over, I hated the dog so much, I killed it.

As well as every other dog in Skyrim.

Too bad we can't take sabercats as followers.

It's the dog of madness.

But you managed to kill it at last?