Quote Originally Posted by cooch View Post
I'm going to guess the muttski is Armor or Melee. The dog either protects you or attacks for you so when one of the Top "Dogs" gets the weapon please let us know what category it is.

Or CJ can tell us
I'd like to believe the dog is just an extra "mafia" that do not take up any mafia slots and do not use any items, that is, it purely adds up into your total stats.