Are those playing or running games with ratcatchers finding Obedience gets tapped out much?
So far it doesn't seem to get tapped - that tasty critical blocking ability getting used regularly though.
Spending monster actions to attack the dog seems wasteful/nerfing of monsters (automatically 1 obedience, whether it's a weak or strong monster, however well it rolls).
Perhaps I'm too generous, I've been using recovery rules that treat it like unto stress with the Ratcatcher's fellowship as the stat (e.g., end of encounter, recover Fel in Obeidence, overnight rest same).
Rob