In case you’ve missed it, Can You Pet the Dog is one of the most important Twitter accounts going at the moment. Not only is it cataloguing all of the games in which you can (or cannot) lavish affection on your furry friends, but it’s also encouraging some developers to rectify their previous mistakes. Which is why you can now officially pet the dog in Fortnite.
Fortnite’s latest patch dropped earlier today, introducing some new LTMs, a couple of changes to the mysterious digsites, and new rarities for the Infantry Rifle. More importantly than all of that, however, is a single line under gameplay which reads “you can now pet the dog…and other pets.”
Pets were introduced to the game as an alternative to Back Bling at the beginning of Season 6, allowing you to stride into battle with a chameleon, a dragon, or a dog on your back. For a while, they couldn’t do much more than look around excitedly (or growl when you scoped in on an enemy), but all that changes today.