@SubRosa - he is added by the second mod and can be recruited regardless of any mod quests, since he's not tied to any of them. He is in fact not a tracker dog but I like to imagine him as such, as an explanation of all-knowing map markers.
@Acadian - thanks for some info regarding Mt. Charleston and its surroundings.
@mALX - Red Bear is definitely not Acadian.

Guts is essential yes but he can endure quite a lot. In the duel with Red Bear you can't pack your own knife because he automatically gets you a regular combat knife and regular leather armor, all your belongings are put in a nearby chest during the fight. However, the Red Bear himself wields his unique knife the Commanchero so the battle is far from being even. That's why Blondie called for Guts.
@Renee - Gutsie has magical eyes indeed. Wait until you meet him.
@Winter Wolf - there was one Fiend who wielded a rocket launcher and actually he killed most of his friends with it.

I think that Gutsie was knocked unconscious when the rocket hit some Fiend close to him.
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"Woof woof" -> translation -> "Wake up"!
One of rare pics of Blondie at home in her motel room in Novac. To the left we can see a stealth boy on the TV, around the TV are a ballistic fist (which belonged to Meston), the unique combat knife Commanchero (which belonged to Red Bear), the revolver called Sweet Revenge (given to Blondie by her boss Randall as means to kill Marko. But since Blondie prefers energy weapons, the revolver serves as a decoration, it was never fired and probably never will), some 44. ammunition, the laser detonator (from the Divide) and some golden gecko hide. In the corner there's a throwing spear, which Blondie briefly used in her early days.
Right from the entrance is the super sledge (which belonged to Slade), a radscorpion poison gland and a spatula on the floor. Resting atop a couch is a rebar club which probably belonged to one of the previous owners (
Joe Burg, another character of mine). Behind a bedside table is an acoustic guitar which Blondie brought from Sierra Madre. It can't be seen well but on the chessboard there are a stimpak and the NCR Recon Beret, given to Blondie by Boone as a reward for helping him.
On the footlocker next to the bed is Blondie's favorite piece of outfit, namely the Courier Duster. On the right is Mercy, a grenade machinegun which Blondie retrieved from the deathclaw-infested Dead Wind Cavern, on the chair there's an NCR Engineer Jumpsuit which Blondie never put on but keeps it because it's rather hard to come by. On the table there is a full bottle of whiskey, a pack of cigarettes and some cigarillos. On the other chair and on the ground there are ample supplies of cigarettes.
Blondie takes Guts for a walk"No peeing on that pole until I finish my cig."Stop along Highway 95Time to go backNovac(ancy)"No, you already had your dinner."Since the first pic and this one weren't taken on the same day, actually a lot of time passed in between, you may notice that instead of the stealth boy there's now a Vexilarius helmet on the TV, which belonged to some Legion assassin who thought that he can kill Blondie. Left of the safe there are a chainsaw and YCS/186, a unique Gauss Rifle, but Blondie rarely uses any of these weapons, she only used the chainsaw when dealing with the Judge and YCS/186 is too big to carry around at all times so she leaves it at home most of the time.
"Don't look at me like that."On the wardrobe above Blondie there's a helmet of
Titus Vulcanus, the Legion Centurion who is the main antagonist of the Russell mod. Obviously he didn't survive
the encounter with Blondie.
"Gutsie, you persistent bastard. Here you go."Blondie on the porch"Good night."