The team initially wanted to work along with professional dogs, but everything changed when River started going to the office, and Burgess describes this as her becoming part of the team. The post revealed that River was not originally meant to play Dogmeat.
After sharing the news of the 'Fallout 4' Dogmeat's real-life character's death, Burgess took the opportunity to recount River's life and even share some of the heartfelt behind-the-scenes detail on her work in the game 'Fallout'.
