With Hearhtfire addon

Why wont my kids adopt Meeko when I bring him to them.

All I get is "Is that your pet Papa, he looks really scary" and "Is that your pet Pa, woah he looks tough".

I tried fast traveling far away and coming back but still the same result.

I've done this several times in other playthroughs, what gives?

I don't know. It could just be a bug. My kid adopted Meeko. Maybe try Vigilance?

Just went to try and adopt Vigilance, and it worked like a charm. But I want meeko cuz he's all lonely.

Is there a console command that triggers this dialogue?

I'm sure there is, buy I'm on console, so I'm afraid I don't.

I brought Meeko over to the house, told him to wait, and my wife and children just ignored him while I was away. When I came back, he was gone.

Yep, I'm having that trouble, too.