
When Emile accepts the bounty after Morgan Jones, Rufus is used again to track down Morgan's scent, eventually leading Emile to Morgan and Isaac's place of hiding in a town.

Rufus briefly licks Walter's severed head. Rufus is greeted and pet by Emile, though before Walter is able to understand the situation, Emile tells him that Rufus is his dog and kills Walter. Rufus soon catches up, and is described by Walter to have been following him for days. While Emile is preparing dinner, Walter, who is being chased by Rufus, comes to him asking for help from the people tracking him. Rufus at some point became trained by Emile LaRoux to be used in his bounty hunting work. Despite that Emile was told Josiah could not have possibly survived, Rufus eventually found him in the smoke, saving his life. When a forest fire trapped a group of hikers, Josiah became lost in the flames trying to rescue them.

Before the outbreak, Rufus worked as a search and rescue dog for Emile and Josiah LaRoux during their time as park rangers.
