Question: Would I be able to give my character a canine? Not as a pet, but more as a working partner. Specifically, I was thinking of making the dog their 'aide' if that makes sense. To balance out strengths and weaknesses I'm making my person about borderline-average in close combat, therefore the dog is there to assist in times of need since the job often requires working solo. It would also trained to alert my character whenever it senses an approaching enemy nearby so that he can take any necessary actions to either defend himself or move to keep his cover from getting compromised, depending on the situation.
@omerta I dunno. The whole point is for them to be highly trained in one of those five categories. Being average goes against the very name 'specialist'.