Stray dog



Stray Dogs are dogs that roam around Varrock.

These stray dogs can be interacted with, and some of the examples are:
 * Shoo - It can be shoo-ed away "Thbbbbt!", causing it to whine and run away. If ignored, it will follow for a certain amount of time, and then it will leave to find a different player to follow. It will never follow if shoo-ed away, even if it is following someone else.
 * Feed - It can be fed with bones as an easy task of the Varrock Diary. It can also be fed with cooked/raw meat to make it happy and bark "woof", and will follow for a certain amount of time. If fed with more food, it will continue following, but will not enter any buildings. If it is fed with something other than food, it will growl. If the thing is inedible, the dog will growl and not to eat it. A borrowed object can never be eaten by a stray dog.
 * With cats - If there is a cat on the ground while near a stray dog, then it will bark at the cat. Many players (especially younger players) object to this harassment of their well loved pet, and in turn use the Shoo function.

Players who are fighting the guards at the west gate can use the stray dog as an obstacle to avoid retaliation from the guards. This is done by positioning the dog between the player and the targeted guard. This can be especially useful for low-level players and those who wish to save food when training.

Before summoning was released, players could have cats as pets, but could not have dogs. The only dogs were these stray dogs or attackable NPC's. Many players thought that this was biased and unfair.