I want to build a Dog Shaman Conjurer, and every time I begin reading the rules on what I can and can not do I seem to get lost.
For example:
The Conjurer can spend their starting spell points on spirits that begin summoned. But I thought that all spirits were dispelled at dawn and sunset so what is the point? Also spirits can only perform so many "actions" before they go home, what determines those for these starting spirits? Can a starting shaman conjurer have 35 points of force in summoned spirits dematerialised and materialize them later?
Correct, your starting spirits would immediately go away on the first sunrise/sunset as a shaman. If you were a hermetic mage, you could have bound elementals which would remain until their services were exhausted.
Either way, I wouldn't waste the points on summoned spirits, you're better off having the spells, or buying equipment that helps you summon things more easily.