Maybe I'll just call him Blood, and pretend he talks to me in a super sophisticated way.

(A Boy and his Dog reference. If you have not seen A Boy And His Dog, it's on Netflix and could ALMOST be called a very very early Fallout movie)

Maybe Dogmeat is to Fallout as Cid is to Final Fantasy.

1. I'm not saying "don't have dogs" in the game. I'm saying don't let 'Dogmeat' be an eternal reference. They did it in F3, in which they also included Harold, and that was nice.. Now be done with it.

2. The name 'Dogmeat' is a reference to the movie A Boy And His Dog. Though Dogmeat was modeled after the Blue-Heeler in Mad Max.

Actually, the dog was named Blood...

The statement below. Plus, getting a mod that changes the name isn't that simple now that the protagonist has a voice.

Yes, but the Boy called him Dogmeat when he was angry with him. (Yes, i've seen the movie)

He did, didn't he? I've been meaning to go back and watch it. It really is a good movie, and has a paramount Fallouot feel to it, even if the "Vault" in the movie was perhaps the cheesiest thing I have ever seen and didn't make a lot of sense to me that they would need an outsider for breeding purposes.

Yeah Dogmeat again, Dogmeat is cool.

Sooo... a canine companion is 'Cool' as long as it's named Dogmeat? Is that what you're saying?

I think they just mean Dogmeat in general is cool. Dogmeat is the canine companion for Fallout games, one of those things that are always there.

Not really a big deal. If you're gonna have a dog, why not Dogmeat?

Using this logic, Final Fantasy games shouldn't have a "Biggs and Wedge" anymore.
It's a Trope. It's not being being lazy. It's not like Dogmeat is vital to the story anyway.

Being lazy is them using the Water Chip/Geck/Project Purity story again.

I said madmax (model as you say) etc

If i were to name just one source that inspired fallout the most it would be A boy and his dog

The men were sterile in the movie (in the book they were almost sterile and what babies were born were almost always girls)

I think it is a bit ridiculous to have Dogmeat again. It's just, there is a huge world with a bunch of dogs, and, presumably, dog names. Is there just a ton of Dogmeat children named Dogmeat out there? Is this Dogmeat the XVII? I know that's an exaggeration, but that is how it feels to me.

From a story perspective, at this point, the Vault Dweller, the Chosen One, the Lone Wanderer, and the new Fallout 4 protagonist will have all had dogs named Dogmeat. What are the odds that all the heroes have this in common? Perhaps it is Dogmeat that makes the heroes! (kidding, kidding)

Why aren't more people talking about different dog breeds?

I just think it'd be something really awesome if we can get some variety rather than just the standard mutt. More people should want this.

I wanna husky!! :[

Me too. <3

Or like I said earlier, a Malamute or a Tibetan Mastiff.

Something big and fluffy.

Orrr, a Pomeranian! A real savage little furball with blood encrusted around it's mouth, contrasting against his lovely, huggable pure white coat.

But yeah, something different. Even a Pharaoh Hound or Rhodesian Ridgeback.

Lol finding a pure breed dog 200 years after the Great War? Priceless

This is why I think Dogmeat is an Android Dog.

Indeed. (And it's an interesting thought; Dogmeat could be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDKNZmwm6hI, or a cyborg like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80p6DQMh6kY.)

It's a video game with Super Mutants, Ghouls (Zombies), Crab People (Mirelurks), some kinds of genetic monstrosities (Centaurs and Deathclaws), all kinds of extreme science fiction and countless other fantasy elements and YOU are telling ME that finding a specific breed of dog is "priceless"?

Seriously?

Of all the things in the game, you're gonna pick on that idea and say it doesn't make sense? @_@

So yeah, like I was saying, different dog breeds please.

ahh CHOMPS.

I feel the same, I'd honestly want a chihuahua or a Pomeranian though they'd probably be the first dogs to go extinct. Although pomeranian's would definitely have a much better chance of survival I feel compared to other small dogs, hell even big dogs.

You'll know what I mean if you've ever had a pure-bred pomeranian because underneath that adorable ball of fur is an savage monster with a disregard of morals and ethics.

Very true.

They're just extremely territorial in reality, but they can fly into a rage of snarling teeth pretty easily. Just makes them more adorable though, it's kinda like "small man syndrome" for dogs. xD

My sister's little Maltese/poodle mix has the other dog of her household terrified of her. This is a German Shepard/lab/ mastiff mix, so way bigger than the little dog. Completely terrified of it. They are both afraid of her black cat though.

I'm hoping we'll be able to name him. I'm thinking either Hans or Codd (Call of Duty Dog)