Quote Originally Posted by Drysdan View Post
I think I'm gonna need a citation for that. Animal Companions are a part of a Druid/Ranger's class features, and as such, I would think fall under the purview of the PC whose character they belong to. Same goes for Familiars, Paladin's Mounts, and Psion's Psicrystals.

Definitely don't see any language in the Animal Companion description in the rules that would function to make them controlled in any way by the DM.
DMG, p103: "It’s your job to portray everyone in the world who isn’t a player character."

Aside from that, there's a whole section on pages 205 and 206 that, summed up, says that they're like cohorts, will desert you if you treat them poorly, and are still regular animals with their normal bestial instincts that can't follow complex orders.