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<!-- Please put your content under this line.  Be sure to sign your edits with four tildes ~~~~ -->The page on pets does not say if your pet can gain intrinsics from corpses. I'm kind of thinking probably not but it would be nice if they could. My grey D needs some extra protection if he is to survive the areas I charge into. Also from the pages on pets and D's I am gathering that the dragon will not wear rings/amulets and the only buff I can really give him is intrinsic speed. Can anyone think of any other pet buffs?[[Special:Contributions/69.169.153.72|69.169.153.72]] 22:16, April 19, 2010 (UTC)
:They indeed cannot gain intrinsics from eating corpses. The closest is gaining levels from wraith corpses; they still do that, but are limited to base level + 15 as a maximum level. All you can do is make him fast and heal him as he gets hurt. -- [[User:Qazmlpok|Qazmlpok]] 22:20, April 19, 2010 (UTC)
:You can also turn a pet invisible with a wand. You will, of course, want to be able to see invisible so you don't accidentally kill it. --[[User:Khearn|Khearn]] 23:57, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
::[[Invisibility]] is meaningless for [[pet]]s. It has no effect, with the minor exception of [[steed]]s. Perhaps the only use for a [[wand of make invisible]] is to make [[floating eye]]s invisible. Then they won't freeze pet [[cat]]s/[[dog]]s. [[User:Tjr|Tjr]] 04:21, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

You can make them [[fast]] with a [[Wand of speed monster|speed monster wand]] and I believe it is permanent. {{unsigned|Ndwolfwood}}
: Yes. Usually, that's the only useful intrinsic you can give pets. Some types of armor conveys their extrinsic, and artifacts their when-carried and when-wielded resistances onto monsters. That can be useful in some cases. --[[User:Tjr|Tjr]]