xhonzi said:

No, I just read it. (Did you read my extended post right above it?)

Yes.

Can I assume that works even if I've already killed dog meat?

Yes. And even if you kill him before the Broken Steel expansion is installed. I will even bring him back to life if you killed Dogmeat and never had him as a companion. I think it assigns a new name to each dog too, which is kind of cool.

I think I saw that as a perk that's a few levels after 20. I'm almost to 20 and think I can go onto 21 right away even if I haven't started Broken Steel. I installed all of the DLC even though I've been ignoring it (as far as I know) for now.

Ah, didn't realize you had them already. Good.

On that note, any suggestions as to when to tackle the DLC? I assume most of you played it after the main game simply since you didn't have it whilst playing the main game. I've sort of naturally planned on doing the same thing.

Broken Steel came out shortly after I first beat the game. All the other DLC are just random little side stories, so those ones you could really do at any time. Broken Steel is the continuation of the main storyline and picks up immediately after beating the game (originally, the end of the game was the end, and you didn't continue on after).

The way I did it I think I got the maximum enjoyment out of it. I beat the game and did most there was to do, then every few months I'd have a new chapter along with new perks and content to look forward too. Was kind of pricey buying the DLC as it was released, but I think I enjoyed each one enough to be worth it.