Animal Friend (Fallout: New Vegas)

Animal Friend is a perk .
==Effects==
Taking the first rank of this perk causes animals both regular and mutated to not attack the player character and taking the second rank causes them to assist in combat except when against other animals.
==Affected creatures==
==Interactions that require the Animal Friend perk==
* During Saving (or Savaging) Sergeant Teddy, Sergeant Teddy can be acquired from Antony immediately, bypassing the fight against four Legion hounds (bypasses Barter requirement).The Courier: "I'm here for Melody's bear."Antony: "The stupid girl should know by now that even the rags on her back are a privilege. Anyway, my mongrels like their new toy. Tell you what - you square off with four of my best dogs. No armor and no weapons except a machete. You survive and I let you have the bear."The Courier: "[Animal Friend] The mongrels won't touch me. Animals like me."Antony: "I thought something was wrong. We usually have to pull them off any visitors to the Fort. Well, that's no fun. Take the bear. I'll find them something else to chew on."(Antony's dialogue)
* During You'll Know It When It Happens, Ranger Stevens can be asked about borrowing the help of his search dog (if Rex is not available) to patrol the area. Like Rex, the dog will be able to detect the imposter engineer before he tries to attack Kimball.The Courier: "Nice looking dog you have there."Ranger Stevens: "Thanks. We haven't been paired together long, but he's a smart dog."The Courier: "Would you mind if I borrowed him to check out the area?"Ranger Stevens: "I don't know about that..."The Courier: "[Animal Friend] It's okay, I'm good with animals."Ranger Stevens: "Okay. Take good care of him and bring him back when you're done."(Ranger Stevens' dialogue)
* During A Brain's Best Friend, after retrieving Gabe's bowl from Higgs Village and defeating the cyberized Gabe in the X-8 research center, bringing the bowl to Dr. Borous at The Think Tank gets him to accept his role in experimenting on Gabe, gaining him as 1 of 3 required "votes" to make Dr. Klein back down during Old World Blues (bypasses Speech requirement).The Courier: "Is this Gabe's bowl? Your dog from X-8, Gabe?"Dr. Borous: "-WHAT? "The Courier: "[Animal Friend] Well, it seems to me it belongs to a friend of yours."Dr. Borous: " -And when I would talk to him about Betsy - and how Marcus would beat on me and call me Smarty Sissy Pants, he'd just sit there, head on my knee.- -And...- -...- -If you don't mind, I'll take that bowl. Just... need to remove it. Put it away. Somewhere out of radar range.- -For some reason, its similarity to the Crater-shape of Big MT is starting to fill up all available cognitive spaces.- -That, combined with my own overwhelming feeling of having done something terrible... the two are hitting me with... unexpected force.-"(Dr. Borous' dialogue)
==Notes==
* Despite being classified as animals for the Animal Control challenge, lakelurks and fire geckos are unaffected by this perk. Conversely, night stalkers are affected by this perk, despite being classified as abominations for the Abominable challenge.
* In Goodsprings, rather than fleeing, the bighorners will attack the locals or Powder Gangers during the quest Ghost Town Gunfight or Run Goodsprings Run.
* Having the second rank will cause animals to avoid helping the player character when fighting Dead Horses or White Legs.
==References==
Category:Fallout: New Vegas perks