Is it possible to get a pet in Skyrim?

I know that it is possible to get a horse, but I was wondering about a pet more on the lines of a dog. If it is possible, could you please provide an explanation on how to get a pet?

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You can get this dog just by simply going to near his house. Make sure you follow him when you first see him. Afterwards, unlike the dogs you buy, you can tell him to head home and later pick him back up at the shack for free again. He does get annoying some times, since he'll run blindly into traps and bark over and over AND OVER AND OVER during important events.

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Yes. You can summon one for a short while, or summon four "different" permanent elementals, ask one to tag along, or buy one.

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If you want a more fixed way to get a pet, you should be able to buy a dog just outside of Markarth.

Go to the Markarth Stables. You can buy a dog there called Vigilance, I think. You can find a talking dog just outside Falkreath, but he is part of a quest. You can exploit the quest by not completing it and the dog will follow you forever until you tell him to stop. He in invincible as well. There is also a dog in Meeko's shack as said before.

Ok I have researched this alot....my best outcome so far is this. I got Meeks and brought her home to the plantation, and my adopted daughter asked if she could keep her. I asked a dawnguard husky later to follow me. Once I arrived at home, I noticed the option to ask her to guard the farm. So she lives outside. Both can still follow you, only one at a time. When you send them home they return to the plantation. Now since I recently got the anniversary pack, my farm is packed full of pets. Dwarf crab, rabbit, fox, goat, spider, 2 nymphs, skeever, my inside and my outside dog, a zombie dog, not sure what else is available on my vanilla game but still looking. Maybe an armored troll can guard the farm too, who knows but along with my 2 farm hands, my Stewart, my wife, and 2 kids.....it's almost like having my own town lol oh forgot my farm has a cow, 2 goats, and a few chickens as well.

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