For the Fallout 3 character, see Dogmeat (Fallout 3).

	Perk Man's Best Friend
	Male version
	Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel requirements Available only to Cyrus, Nadia, Patty, Rhombus and Vault Dweller 20 skill points ranks 1 effects You get a canine companion named Dogmeat Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel 2 requirements Available only to Lilith and Maxus ranks 1 effects You get a faithful canine companion
	Female version

 

Man's Best Friend is a Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel skill (skills in this game work like perks do in other Fallout games). It was also going to appear in the canceled Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel 2.

EffectsEdit

You acquire a canine companion to aid you in your battles named Dogmeat. It appears for the first time when you reach a save point.

NotesEdit

• It works well in Chapter 2 and isn't bad for Chapter 3, packing a nice punch with its attack. It follows you all the time and it may divert enemies into running toward it rather than you.
• Unfortunately, Dogmeat may run right into explosives, killing itself in a fate similar to the original Dogmeat in the Mariposa Military Base in Fallout. However, It will respawn when you reach the next save point.

Behind the scenesEdit

• The Vault Girl version of the Man's Best Friend skill can be seen in a TV for educating cyberdogs in the X-8 research center at the Big MT in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Old World Blues.
• Dogmeat is a reference to Mad Max 2 (aka The Road Warrior) and A Boy and His Dog. Both movies featured a lone wanderer and his dog-companion in a post-apocalyptic world, and in the latter movie, the main character uses "Dogmeat" as a disparaging nickname for his companion.