How exactly does Mutt's obedience level work?

[Blade]

After getting pebbles, the Mutt quest was the first thing I did so I've had him for probably 4 or 5 days now irl but I can't get my head around how his obedience works. The other day, I fed him like two cooked chicken, pet him twice, and his obedience level went from 40 something to 80 something.

Today though, I just pet him probably 20-30 times and gave him 3 cooked beef, 2 cooked chicken, and 2 cooked lamb but his obedience level with all that only went from 34 to 53. It's actually a bit too stressful keeping mutt around and outside combat he doesn't really seem to do anything. Then if you get into combat his obedience level drops by 50-60 and it seems like more trouble than it's worth. But maybe there's some secret to it I don't know like with how Pebbles gets a massive buff after being used a long time?

[Man Whorse]

It’s hard for me to say, since I maxed out Houndmaster early on, but I did notice weird discrepancies with that system as well. I recommend getting the perk that slows down the disobedience rate, but for the most part this was a mystery for me as well. At some point in the game, it went from a million pets and a ton of food to like five pets and a piece of dried meat

[halfmonkey]

I'm curious how this works as well. I can get his obedience to 100, but the second I close the UI and open it one second later, it has dropped to 68...
Am I giving the dog too much attention?

[Blade]

Originally posted by halfmonkey:

I'm curious how this works as well. I can get his obedience to 100, but the second I close the UI and open it one second later, it has dropped to 68...
Am I giving the dog too much attention?

Same, I was always hesitant to feed him too much and make him sick because I have a weakness for dogs, but I just saved and went crazy giving him food to get his obedience level back up and I didn't notice his level drop after closing it out.

It's either janky like most of the game or it's a deceiving mechanic that's really a lot deeper and more complex than it seems. I feel like making him walk around in the rain and obviously him getting hurt in combat significantly affect his obedience level but so much of it doesn't make sense.

[Blade]

Originally posted by Man Whorse:

It’s hard for me to say, since I maxed out Houndmaster early on, but I did notice weird discrepancies with that system as well. I recommend getting the perk that slows down the disobedience rate, but for the most part this was a mystery for me as well. At some point in the game, it went from a million pets and a ton of food to like five pets and a piece of dried meat

Yeah that's what I'm going for, it drops the obedience level decay by a good 25%. I'm not sure exactly sure what levels up houndmaster but I know it's level 13 for me right now. That's crazy though, it seems so random. lol

[holdem]

Mutt is bugged on multiple levels.

[Thorstorm]

Do you feed him fresh meat?

What confuses me is that both stats are different, the number under the portrait is always lower than the one in stats.

[Imaginary Mime]

I have 26 skill without even noticing it. Definitely praise him and feed him every time Henry gets hungry (i always used dried meat/fish). Dont use "sic'em" unless you are facing one opponent as Mutt likes to circle behind the guy facing you and then get ganked by the rest of the enemies in the back. If this does happen in a fight always flank to protect Mutt and enjoy the free hits when enemies get distracted. Usually one blow draws their attention back to you. When you have one guy left keep him distracted from the front and let Mutt tear into him from the rear. And of course when they surrender thats just more free hound xp.

Its a very overpowered combo and by rank 20 perks my doggo is helping me solo groups of four with ease. All it costs me is some dried beef.

[Blade]

Originally posted by Thorstorm:

Do you feed him fresh meat?

What confuses me is that both stats are different, the number under the portrait is always lower than the one in stats.

I don't know if it's always fresh, but it's not expired when I feed it to him. I like to buy dried meat whenever I can though because it never goes bad.