Do the Dogs Still Bark Too Much?

[Maroliver]

I want a dog but the barking used to be ridiculous. Do they still bark a lot?

[Ihateeverybody]

Yes. Oh god yes.

I mean, I only know from the ones that occasionally show up as random encounters and Barabas (Before he starts talking with a Jersey Accent, I mean that quest blocks the Blacksmith selling so I HAVE to do it.).

But yeah. They are not Dogmeat in Fallout 4 (Well any Fallout to be truthful, and Arcanium) levelss of annoying but still not good. I stay away from the as much as possible.

[mikk011]

Not only do dogs bark way too much, but all the members of your household will constantly remark "Stupid Dog!" if you adopt one.

[Cosmic Cat]

Stupid dog!

[HazakTheMad]

Get a mod to adopt deathounds, no barking.

[Hammer Of Evil]

Originally posted by Maroliver:

I want a dog but the barking used to be ridiculous. Do they still bark a lot?

yes.

bethesda makes tons of minor updates to the executable but somehow these dogs cannot shut, and dragon skeletons still rain from the skies.

guessi'lldie.jpg

[Hystorm]

I CANNOT do any of the dog companions as the barking makes me want to kill them!!

[gondlyr]

I never do the Barbas quest unless I have already went to the places you have to go to so I can fast travel to them so I don't have to walk across Skyrim with a barking dog.
Otherwise he would be a great follower because he is set to essential if you don't finish the quest.

It would be alright if they just barked when going in to attack something.

[Vlad 254]

of course we're not sure if you are currently using mods or if you are even open to using mods. That said there are mods for that.

Quiet Dog
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/6066
A simple mod that reduces idle dog barking.
This mod only affects idle barking. Your dog will still bark during combat or tricks.

OR

Better Dogs - Silence
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/3822
The dogs of the world should be valued companions, but with their incessant barking, no one wants one! Now that doesn't have to be the case. This mod removes the barking from all the companion dogs in vanilla Skyrim. It doesn't just turn them down or mute them, it removes the need for them to bark at all!

[Death Approaches]

Barabas is the fable of the Jesus thing where the nasty evil jews let the thief go free but crucified the guy who wouldn't shut the hell up about his daddy issues... I actually loved the Barbas bit where he's talking and barking simultaneously, no wonder Clavie kicked him and stayed in that cave for years. (You know you killed him, admit it.)

[Maroliver]

So basically my options are to quiet them down with a mod or just not get one. It would be neat to leave them at the house so the housecarl has some company, but then they'll just bark every time I'm unloading my loot.

[Cosmic Cat]

Too bad there's no cat replacer like there's in F4 for Dogmeat.