The Curb Training Method Take your dog out on a leash in a relatively quiet neighborhood with little traffic.
How do I train my dog to stay on the sidewalk? Regardless of any other companion or Karma level, Dogmeat can be recruited without incident. He may also be found fighting super mutants in a random place at The Mall.
Dogmeat is found in the scrapyard, fighting off several raiders who killed the dog's prior owner.
