The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon has a new friend

Daryl might be living in the middle of the forest away from the creature comforts of The Walking Dead communities, but he has a creature keeping him company.

Daryl Dixon has a dog! Norman Reedus loves dogs and now The Walking Dead star has one to call his own, at least while he’s on set. In the preview of this week’s episode of The Walking Dead, Daryl is living in the middle of the woods with a dog and from the look of things they have been together for a while.

While Reedus isn’t a fan of riding horses (hence Daryl’s motorcycle) he’s a dog lover and he’s been pushing for a dog for Daryl for years. Now that Daryl is off doing his own thing in the woods it’s evidently the right time to introduce a four-legged friend.

Reedus is very excited about his new acting partner, introducing fans to his dog on social media. As it happens, the dog’s real name is Seven but we have yet to learn the dog’s show name.

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There was a point when having a dog in the apocalypse would have been a liability, and that’s probably still true for certain types of dogs. You certainly wouldn’t want a yappy little dog in the middle of walker-infested woods. (And that’s why you don’t see yappy dogs on the show; it says something that you don’t see many dogs of any kind in the apocalypse, even before the six-year time jump)

In this case, Daryl has what looks to be a Shepherd mix and Shepherds are known for their incredible intelligence and he probably trained the dog to not bark unless there’s a good reason for it. Having a companion with extra sensitive hearing would be a huge asset, provided, of course, that said companion doesn’t start barking uncontrollably when a threat approaches.

What do you think of Daryl’s new friend? Any thoughts of what the dog’s name could be? Let us know in the comments!