The dogs are supposed to be hostile and I never got attacked when I killed the dogs. Maybe it's just something that happens if your companions attack them first.
maybe i got one of the defective games lol, i just came upon something else, i chose the perk where you can see all the locations so i decided not to use it after all, so i reloaded a prev save and i already have the perk already. then after i leveled again and then it skipped the whole perk process, so now I'm stuck with the explorer perk, fancy that. Just know i realized something when i sell things to the traveling merchants with the brahmin, if i w8 enough time and come across them again all there inventory is gone and everything i have ever sold to them is in there place, now it makes it harder for me to find ammo :swear: