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[Tinyheavyistiny]

how do I assign stray war animals to dwarves? I really want to assign some to military and non military personnel but it says in the animal page that the dogs are trained and can not be adopted.

[Larix]

You look at the individual dwarf - 'v'iew the dwarf on the normal screen or zoom to 'c'reature from the unit list, then go to 'p'references, 'e' to assign a 'work animal'. pick one from the list.

Be aware that handling of dead assigned animals is bugged - the dwarf will consider losing such an animal as losing a pet and will become unhappy if they have to see its rotting corpse. However, since a war dog is (usually) not 'allowed' for adoption, it cannot be put in a coffin but will be thrown on the refuse pile.

Regularly smashing your refuse or compacting the pile by dumping the unrottable stuff somewhere out of sight limits the unhappiness over dead personal war dogs. Allowing them for adoption makes them buryable, but not everyone appreciates having a graveyard full of dead dogs (or cavies).

[slothen]

the workaround that I don't bother with is to have the dwarf you want war-train the animal you want him to have.  Also, I suspect that seeing the dead body isn't a requirement, and that if a child/friend/pet rots anywhere that isn't a coffin, the dwarf will know about it.