This is literally the kind of bs my brain likes to pull on me when I play a game.
"It's just pixels, it doesn't matter."
"But you can't just let it DIE!"
*cue 137 side quests to try and find a way to save the thing that isn't real*
This is how every game if skyrim goes
I want end game armor
Gotta level up destruction, alchemy, smithing and enchanting to 100
Need stalhrim armor so do MSQs to unlock Dragonborn DLC
Do several Dragonborn quests to unlock armor
Need a special pick to mine stalhrim because its fucking expensive so I do that quest
Then I gather grand soul gems to maximize armor/weapon enchantments
Roughly takes about week to get all this shit done
Turn game to Legendary difficulty
Reap benefits of badass fucking armor and look good while slaughtering everything
His name is Meeko and I too had some trouble with keeping him alive. I even had to use the resurrect command a few times because I forgot to save when I had played for like 2 hours without saving and didn't want to repeat everything. My stupid daughter also didn't want to adopt him and got herself a fox so I had to find a son just for Meeko to be able to stay at my home. Worth i lt though, he's a good boy.
What I'm learning is:
-Don't save the dog until you already have a house. Then definitely save the dog
-Adopt a son, cause he'll accept your dog as-is, while the daughters already have their eyes on the local wildlife
You gotta buy that shit though
"It's just pixels, it doesn't matter."
"But you can't just let it DIE!"
*cue 137 side quests to try and find a way to save the thing that isn't real*
I want end game armor
Gotta level up destruction, alchemy, smithing and enchanting to 100
Need stalhrim armor so do MSQs to unlock Dragonborn DLC
Do several Dragonborn quests to unlock armor
Need a special pick to mine stalhrim because its fucking expensive so I do that quest
Then I gather grand soul gems to maximize armor/weapon enchantments
Roughly takes about week to get all this shit done
Turn game to Legendary difficulty
Reap benefits of badass fucking armor and look good while slaughtering everything
-Don't save the dog until you already have a house. Then definitely save the dog
-Adopt a son, cause he'll accept your dog as-is, while the daughters already have their eyes on the local wildlife