Houndmaster Ranger

[One Two Three Five]

A ranger with a loyal Arelithian Hound

Loses:
Dual Wield Feats
Favored Enemy (Bear with me)

Gains:
A loyal hound companion, scales with level, etc
Favored Enemy: But it applies to the companion, not the ranger.
A few shouted? commands that give the hound buffs or cause the hound to guard an ally, etc.
Houndmasters can, on a cooldown, feed their pet to heal it 1% per ranger level.

Misc:
Different hounds based on starter area?
Cordor gets Cordorian Rathounds with a bonus vs vermin
Brog gets a stout dwarven mastiff with extra hp or dr
Andunor gets an Andunorian tunnel 'hound' with the sewer beast appearance and vamp regen
etc, etc.

Rare hounds tameable?