Outlander releases new picture of Rollo the dog 

fans, he’s just one more reason to look forward to season 4 of the Starz drama.

The show tweeted a new picture of Rollo, the Northern Inuit dog that will play a very important companion in the new season.

#YearOfTheDog? You know what that means: Year Of Rollo. To celebrate, we want to see YOUR Outlandogs! #Outlander pic.twitter.com/MZq7TBhfdV

Rollo, which is supposed to be a wolf hybrid, is actually played by two Northern Inuit dogs that were cast last May while the drama was still in the midst of filming season 3. The producers wanted to begin training the puppies for their premium cable debut.

For those who aren’t familiar with the significance of Rollo, EW asked author Diana Gabaldon last year to exclusively weigh in on this very special pooch that first appears in

“They look cute, but tough. They should be

to play Rollo when the time comes,” Gabaldon tells EW. “They’d need to growl and look menacing on command, I think, and carry back prey of one kind or another to their master. I assume they wouldn’t let them catch things on camera … especially fish, of course.”

isn’t expected to return until later this fall.