Any way to reduce dog sound?

[King]

Hes not really attracting attention to other animals but its just annoying as F. I dont mean the bark just overall movement sound. I dont really wanna make him sit down because I could really use the 6th sense out in the open when exploring. Any suggestion or do I have to deal with it?

[Pittie]

No. devs are aware of it, but do nothing. Very annoying. Maybe it's better to look for other hunting games. This game is dying.

[kycaver]

Yeah, that dog sounds like a herd of bison running around you. I will often tell him to sit when I am crouched while trying to call an animal in because I want to be able to hear anything moving towards me. Suddenly, I hear a noise like something is nearing me, and then I look and see it is the dog scratching himself with his hind leg. Maybe the store needs to add flea collars that you can buy for your dog.

[SpiraTech]

I can't believe it takes so long to reduce the dog sound, it does my head in and really puts a downer on this game. Broken since the last update.

Sounds like a stampede of animals nearby as said above.

The devs are aware but just like other issues that haven't been fixed for many years I hope this is not another one. Really the focus should be on resolving this asap.

[Snail Rancher]

The louder sounds came with the last update (the pistols). It should be fixed with the next update (New England Mountains reserve). A bit of a pain, but nothing gamebreaking.

[James]

I renamed my dog to "Moose". Problem solved :)

[Humpenstilzchen]

You can deactivate it by leaving the dog in the kennel.

[Buckshot]

Im glad others are hearing and seeing the same things I have been hearing and seeing. Ive complained about it quite a bit but there is not a peep from any Dev on the topic.

@James, I named my dog Bigfoot because he doesnt sound like a little 40 pound dog but more like a 300 pound bigfoot.

@Snail Rancher, I hope youre right about when it might be fixed. For me, this was very close to gamebreaking. True story here. The other day I was hunting for bear in LL. Of course my dog was being almost louder than my footsteps. I was in the crouched position and was following some bear tracks. I thought I heard something other than mine and my dogs footsteps so I stopped moving. Of course my dog kept moving and making noise, but I still thought something else was close by...so I turned around...and lo and behold, there was a bull moose no more than 20 or 30 yards behind me. Looked like he was stalking me. Haha. Anyway I raise my rifle to take a shot and my dog tries to stand in the way so I cant take a shot but I got a shot off before that could happen. Good clean lung shot. He only ran about 50 yards before he dropped. Funny thing is, a couple seconds before I pulled the trigger, the bull moose let out a warning call. LOL.

If my dog wouldnt make all that noise that it does, I would have heard the moose sooner.

Oh and by the way, I lost the bear tracks I was following. They led to a feeding area where there were a dozen other bear tracks it seemed.

[Madwand]

Still loud as hell.

[Andi]

Originally posted by Madwand:

Still loud as hell.

Yup. Seems to be fine by the devs. Why this dog tramples like a mule is beyond me.
My dog's a kennel dog only.

[Secret Squirrel]

I think they were trying to make the use of the dog, or not, comes with pros and cons. Seems like we want to remove the cons. How realistic is that?

Any IRL hunters that use a tracking dog want to chime in? I am sure there are trade-offs IRL, and noise and spooking the prey are IRL trade-offs.

[Sokurah]

You mean him crushing thru the twigs? The animals dont seem to hear it, or not. I dont think my dog scared off one animal so far. But i'm still pretty new.

[King]

I have noted in my opening that dog doesnt attacr attention but its soooo annoying beyond believe, atleast reduce it a bit.

[Mr L]

Turn your sound off

[The Eagle]

When he finds the animal, just hit B and shuts him for that time. Otherwise turning your sound of is the only way I can come up with!

[yogisgoat]

I find the best way to reduce the amount of noise the dog makes is to leave him in the kennel. Seriously, if you're a good enough shot you almost never need him. The only thing he provides for me is companionship, if you want to call it that.