Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-27882401-20170316232809/@comment-31503007-20170317174050

A fantastic idea! Dogs in the middle ages were mainly in three categories:

- Hunting dogs- such as Pointers, Greyhounds, Bloodhounds, Beagles (features Tundra dogs as well: Siberian Husky, Great Alaskan Malamute, Greenland Dog, North Inuit Dog)

- Guard Dogs- most noticeably the Mastiff (Vikings were known to use dogs in their raids, research has suggested it was an ancestor of the Great Dane)

- Ladies Lap Dogs- Most likely Spaniels eg. the King Charles Spaniel (not exactly middle ages but it is one of the most recognisable old dog breeds in the UK)

"The 15th-century Boke of St Albans enumerates the following types of dog: a greyhound, a bastard, a mongrel, a mastiff, a lymer (a hound that finds the game), a spaniel, raches (a hound that runs the quarry down), kennets (small hunting hounds), terriers, butcher’s hounds, dung-heap dogs, trundle-tails, ‘prick-eared curs’ and small ladies’ puppies ‘that bear away the fleas’ and other small dogs."

Dogs would provide great companions in the game, personally I would love a Beagle :)