I am playing Dead Money on 360, and have got the 2 companions, the girl and the ghoul in place, now I just need to get Dog to man the switches. But in the Talk dialogue options, the only way to get him to agree requires a speech of 65, and I am 50. I don't have any Meeting People skillbooks left, and have scoured every nook and cranny for another one. I have killed every ghost I can find, made every recipe possible, and cannot level up to add points to speech. I am also using the Speech +5 apparel. Believe me I have tried every permutation of the dialogue and it appears that there is no way to convince him to undertake this required task without the Speech being at 65.
Surely the game can't put a giant unpassable roadblock just based on 1 skill requirement? Having spent so much time already on what is really the beginning of this DLC, I would be most annoyed if I had to reload the Mohave, level up, and restart the entire DLC

Any help or suggestions?
PS off topic, but as this is my first post at Bethesda, I will add my voice to the other threads I have seen, reiterating that the amount of lockups in the 360 version is just terrible.