I enjoyed this and was frustrated by it at the same time, but not in a bad way. At first, I just kept the dog by my side constantly, but I'm just not fast enough to protect her/him, so I was trying to always place them tactically away from danger only to right-click on the monster anyway from reflex.
The visuals are consistent and clear, the periodic, deep monster growl was positively terrifying. The only thing that was a bit confusing me is the mouse icons, maybe it's just my brain, but at first I spend several seconds trying to command the dog with the left button.