Does the more expensive dog offer more benefits?

[djb204]

As the title says, does the $400 dog offer anything more? Does it have more perks or abilities? or are we paying extra for nothing?

[KassuX97]

I think it is only different breed.

[Shadowfennekin]

They're just cosmetics basically. So buy whatever dog you like

I'm holding off until the PoS4 exclusivity one ends.

[AStiffBreeze]

He’s a gooder boy

[Daleificent]

Yeah, was a little disappointed in the difference in prices. And the lack of breeds. I was hoping for a Blue Tick or a Husky as well.

[Leftover Pizza]

I'd like to see a dismiss option. Although I favoured having a canine friend on hunting trips, a camp dog feels utterly useless. It craps all over the place and adds nothing when you're not leveling the Trader role and get your camp raided. 

Heck, even Crapps doesn't like the dog.

[RyuNova]

1 hour ago, Leftover Pizza said:

I'd like to see a dismiss option. Although I favoured having a canine friend on hunting trips, a camp dog feels utterly useless. It craps all over the place and adds nothing when you're not leveling the Trader role and get your camp raided. 

Heck, even Crapps doesn't like the dog.

 

I think we will see more use for the Dog in later updates with different Roles. Their plans seems to be having each update build on/add to the previous one. I think they will eventually give us the ability to have the Dog follow us perhaps in the specific Hunter update.

 

Plus its one of the most requested features.

Edited September 21, 2019 by RyuNova

[Leftover Pizza]

53 minutes ago, RyuNova said:

 

I think we will see more use for the Dog in later updates with different Roles. Their plans seems to be having each update build on/add to the previous one. I think they will eventually give us the ability to have the Dog follow us perhaps in the specific Hunter update.

 

Plus its one of the most requested features.

 

Yeah, but until that day I'd like to dismiss the mutt and call it back when it makes sense again. 

[Caffeination]

I’ve gotten the black Labrador just because I like black-furred animals and have more than enough cash on me, so if you really want a dog, just get one of the Foxhounds as there’s no beneficial difference between any of the breeds.

[roggek]

On 9/21/2019 at 3:36 PM, Leftover Pizza said:

I'd like to see a dismiss option. Although I favoured having a canine friend on hunting trips, a camp dog feels utterly useless. It craps all over the place and adds nothing when you're not leveling the Trader role and get your camp raided. 

Heck, even Crapps doesn't like the dog.

Just go to Cripps chair at the chuck wagon, mark the dog under and press dismiss.
You get an alert to disband the dog, just like horses.

[Leftover Pizza]

1 hour ago, roggek said:

Just go to Cripps chair at the chuck wagon, mark the dog under and press dismiss.
You get an alert to disband the dog, just like horses.

 

This will be a waste of money, in case I want to recall it again. Abandoning is not dismissing.

[Commander S]

On 9/21/2019 at 1:48 PM, Daleificent said:

Yeah, was a little disappointed in the difference in prices. And the lack of breeds. I was hoping for a Blue Tick or a Husky as well.

 

They'll probably add some of the others* from single-player later (probably not the Poodle - not necessarily great guard dog material, there...), but it's a bit frustrating to think that they might do that, and you'll effectively have to spend several hundred $$$ twice, if you get something now and they add something more to your liking later on.

 

*Husky would be good, as would the Border Collie - might be room to add some new ones, too, like Jack Russells, Beagles, etc.

[PkUnzipper]

On 9/21/2019 at 8:48 AM, Daleificent said:

Yeah, was a little disappointed in the difference in prices. And the lack of breeds. I was hoping for a Blue Tick or a Husky as well.

A husky? In the Wild West?? Wrong continent for the time era RDR was set in IMO 

 

Now a herding breed like a German Shepherd Dog or a game dog like a Spaniel or Terrier would be more plausible. Too bad the dog companion is cosmetic only. Should've been more functional. Like being able to set your slobbering Bull Mastiff on watch dog duty. Just so it can make chew toys out of griefers who crash your camp would be AWESOME.

Edited September 22, 2019 by PkUnzipper

[Commander S]

1 hour ago, PkUnzipper said:

A husky? In the Wild West?? Wrong continent for the time era RDR was set in IMO 

 

 

Well, not wrong for late-1800s America - traders were importing Chukchi sled dogs to use in Alaska and elsewhere, and along the way, what was referred to simply as the "Chukchi dog" got renamed as the "Siberian Husky" (i.e., the name isn't because 'that's what they were called in Siberia', but because 'that's what Americans called them after importing them from Siberia').

 

...and I'm guessing someone at R* already knew that, seeing as they're already in RDR2.

[PkUnzipper]

Well now. This is proof you learn something new on this forum of degenerates every day  

[IamCourtney]

I just went with one of the Foxhounds because it was the closest I could get to a lookalike of one of my own dogs, didn't even realize it was the cheapo option until days later

[Gray-Hand]

4 hours ago, Commander S said:

 

They'll probably add some of the others* from single-player later (probably not the Poodle - not necessarily great guard dog material, there...), but it's a bit frustrating to think that they might do that, and you'll effectively have to spend several hundred $$$ twice, if you get something now and they add something more to your liking later on.

 

*Husky would be good, as would the Border Collie - might be room to add some new ones, too, like Jack Russells, Beagles, etc.

Poodles are actually pretty effective guard dogs - better than Labradors, which are naturally friendly towards strangers and way better than American Foxhounds which are often shy towards strangers.  American Foxhounds are about as useless as it is possible to be at being a watchdog.

 

It is notable that all three dogs they have given us so far are retrievers rather than genuine guard dog type breeds.  We are definitely going to get to hunt with them in the future.

[Commander S]

4 hours ago, Gray-Hand said:

Poodles are actually pretty effective guard dogs - better than Labradors, which are naturally friendly towards strangers and way better than American Foxhounds which are often shy towards strangers.  American Foxhounds are about as useless as it is possible to be at being a watchdog.

 

It is notable that all three dogs they have given us so far are retrievers rather than genuine guard dog type breeds.  We are definitely going to get to hunt with them in the future.

 

 

Knowing R*, I'm more inclined to think they went with the most 'typical dog'-looking ones first (assuming they even add any more later on), rather than any logic or long-term plan. Having dogs bark as an early warning system doesn't require them to add any new sound effects or animations, unlike retrieving birds and the like (unless I missed that in single-player, and there are animations for that kind of thing).

[éX-Driver]

7 hours ago, Gray-Hand said:

Poodles are actually pretty effective guard dogs - better than Labradors, which are naturally friendly towards strangers and way better than American Foxhounds which are often shy towards strangers.  American Foxhounds are about as useless as it is possible to be at being a watchdog.

 

It is notable that all three dogs they have given us so far are retrievers rather than genuine guard dog type breeds.  We are definitely going to get to hunt with them in the future.

Poodles, or real poodles rather than the little lapdog version that’s in the game, are retrievers as well. French water dogs, the equivalent to the British labrador. But better in every measurable way.

 

in the 1890s, the most common guard dogs you’d see would be Dobermans, Bullmastiffs, Boxers, and Rottweilers. They were specifically bred to be guard dogs.

Edited September 23, 2019 by éX-Driver

[Big_Show]

13 hours ago, Leftover Pizza said:

 

This will be a waste of money, in case I want to recall it again. Abandoning is not dismissing.

Has anyone tried this "abandon" option yet? My dog is missing and was wondering if I abandon and call it back it will respawn? Don't want to waste money on buying another one.