Every world has one Australian Shepherd, born beside you the first time you play it; a world you already have gets its dog the next time you play. It is yours from the start. It keeps close at your side, trotting when you walk and galloping when you sprint, and a bank too steep to run straight up it takes on a slant.
Ride and it keeps up. On your horse it runs alongside a few meters out from the hooves, and on tight bends and through gaps it drops in behind you. At a full gallop it gallops too. Press G and it sits where it is and waits, even through a save and a restart; press G again, or H, the whistle that calls your horse, and it comes back to your side. There are no prompts: the dog shows you it heard.
It cannot be hurt, and it never blocks you. Up close its front legs look thin when it sits, and after a long stutter at a full gallop it can skate a meter or two to catch up.
