Stray Dog

Stray Dog is a Dog. They can be recruited as a Follower in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. They are encountered through Random Encounters. To have them become your follower, you must first kill the monsters that are attacking them, which is usually a pack of wolves. After which, talking to the dog will make it your follower, and it will follow you and fight hostile creatures, until it either dies, or is dismissed, after which the dog goes to the location where the random encounter occured.

The Stray Dog has two options when talking to it.

"Wait here" commands the dog to stay in one position.

"It's time for you to go back home, dog." dismisses the Stray Dog as your follower.

Occasionally, when told to wait, the dog will wander off on it's own.

If your dog is made to wait for a certain amount of time, you will get a notification saying "Your dog has returned home."