Thoughts On Dogmeat

Thoughts on Dogmeat

I’ve been mulling over something about our beloved Dogmeat from the series, and I think I’ve got a theory worth sharing.

Possible spoilers for the first 10 minutes of Episode 2 in the Fallout TV series.

So, as we all know, Dogmeat changes from game to game (yes, even though Tactics and 76 are exceptions—let’s not get into that right now). Recently, in Fallout 4, Dogmeat is a German Shepherd, which got me thinking: how did such a purebred-looking dog end up wandering the post-apocalyptic wasteland, looking so different from the other dogs we've seen?

Here's where it gets interesting. Enter CX404, a Belgian Shepherd bred by the Enclave. Belgian Shepherds and German Shepherds look quite similar but are different breeds. CX404 was raised on the West Coast Enclave base, while Dogmeat was found around Concord, Massachusetts—pretty far apart geographically.

But here’s my theory: the Enclave had a presence in the areas of Fallout 3 and 4, so it’s not too far-fetched to think they might have also been breeding dogs in the Fallout 4 region. Maybe Dogmeat's purebred look could be linked to the Enclave’s breeding programs, suggesting that Dogmeat might be an Enclave-bred German Shepherd who somehow ended up in the wasteland.

Or, who knows? Dogmeat could be a synth, or just an amazing dog who’s had a lot of adventures.

Either way, Dogmeat is awesome, and we might never know all the details of his story. What do you all think?

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