How the heck to I feed bonedog pets?

[Illmad]

There's no backpack for them that I can find, despite there being a slot for it. I've heard that they eat food from my backpack, but it doesn't. I've tried dropping both raw and dried meat on the ground, but I can't do anything with it. Did I buy this thing just so it could starve to death?

[Mеченый]

As long as they are 239 hunger or lower dropping food on the ground for them should work.

[Mеченый]

also I might add they can eat anything a humanoid can eat.

[Illmad]

Not sure about the number, but the hunger bar has gotten far below the point where any humanoid would eat automatically.

[rincewind]

I bought two pups which now are teens.
Either they are doing fine without any food, they are well feed from the limbs of my enemies or they get some meat from the cargo animals when hungry like the humans.

[✮ ~徐磊~ ✮ | Roy]

just eat it man. j.k the item description on some food at the bar will mention edible for pet/animal. have a character hold the item, and the dog will eat it when it's hungry. Well it works for me. My dog is an ELDER, so I'm doing it right.

[Larus]

If all fails can you bring them close to a food storage / animal feeder. If you're in a city and they can't enter your house just pick them up and carry them indoor.

[unclemestor]

3 ways:
1) Drop food on the ground, and the dog will eat it when hungry
2) Dog can eat food in backpacks, within the same squad
3) Dog can eat from animal feeder (but I do NOT believe they will eat from a food storage barrel, as food storage barrel does not accept the yellow meat for non-humanoids)

Bonus way:
Dog will eat severed limbs. Puppies may also play adorable game of "limbs" with it.

[OverlordWolfgar]

you can also build an animal feed trough and they will eat from that as long as it has food in it

[Locklave]

Originally posted by unclemestor:

Bonus way:
Dog will eat severed limbs. Puppies may also play adorable game of "limbs" with it.

Then running off getting killed by hungry bandits who then eat the stupid dog...

[Teralitha]

They will eat right from a raw meat storage too.

[jjdinkle]

You should be able to eat from the feeding trough yourself too so added bonus. Dogs also eat anything so start making cactus sandwiches.

[stecph]

does anybody ever use the 'search' function anymore???

[Illmad]

Originally posted by stecph:

does anybody ever use the 'search' function anymore???

I did, but I thought the information was outdated or something, because the dog would not eat even when the hunger bar had gotten past the point where any humanoid follower would eat, so I figured I was still doing something wrong.

Originally posted by Queek Headtaker:

I usually tell first timers to play Vanilla but this is a Quality Of life that should of been in the game
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=853705461

I'll definitely be using that. Thanks!

[ZanyScum]

- Will the dog backpack make the dog worse in a fight?
- All mechanisms about food from backpack in group, does it have to be a backpack or does just the normal inventory work too? (no backpack vendor in my current city)