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Sometimes, playing Minecraft by yourself can get lonely. Luckily, developers have made it possible so that players can get dogs. Dogs provide a variety of benefits, they make a great companion and can help you fight mobs or even other players. Although it's not necessary to have a dog to be a good player, getting one will increase your chances of survival and make hunting easier. The best part is, you can get one with just a few bones and some patience.

Steps

  1. 1

    Get some bones. Killing skeletons is the easiest way to obtain bones, but wither skeletons, skeleton horses, and strays also drop bones when killed. In addition to that, bones can sometimes be found in temple, woodland mansion, or dungeon chests.

    • The tutorial world has bones in a chest sitting near the farm where all the animals are located in pens.
    • If you are on creative, you can grab some bones from the creative inventory.
    • The amount of bones needed varies. Each bone has a 1/3 chance of taming the wolf, so 6-9 bones should get the job done.

  2. 2

    Find a wolf. Wolves spawn naturally in forest and taiga biomes and their variations.

    • If you are in Creative mode, you can get a wolf spawn egg from the creative inventory.

  3. 3

    Select the bones in your hotbar once you have located a wolf. You can now see that you are holding the bones in your hand.

  4. 4

    Click on the wolf with while still holding the bones in your hand. Keep clicking on the wolf with the bones until it has been tamed.

    • Don't click on the wolf in Minecraft PE, as it will turn hostile and attack. Instead, press the Tame button.
    • You will not be able to tame a wolf that you have attacked.

  5. 5

    Verify that the wolf is tamed. Heart particles will appear, the wolf, now a dog, will get a red collar, and it will sit down if you're not in water.

    • Click the wolf to make it stand. Then it will follow you around.

  6. 6

    Bring the dog home. It'll follow you wherever you go, but if you go really fast it might not be able to track you and it will teleport after a couple of seconds to where you are.

    • If you don't want it to follow you, you can click on it (left click or the button you used to tame it) to make it sit, where it will stay until you let it up.

  7. 7

    Change the color of its collar, if desired. Get some dye of your choosing, left click (or the button you use to eat/place objects) the dog, and the collar will change to the colour of the dye.

  8. 8

    Name your dog(s). You will need to get a name tag, which can be found by looting dungeon, temple, and woodland mansion chests, fishing, or trading with master level librarian villagers. Use an anvil to rename it and left click the dog with the name tag to name it.

    • Naming a dog Dinnerbone will make it upside down. Don't worry! This won't affect the gameplay, it's just an easter egg.

Add New Question

  • Question

    How can I make a puppy world in Minecraft?

    shadowwolf2505

    shadowwolf2505

    Community Answer

    There isn't a seed for a puppy world, but you can add a bunch of dogs in creative and tame them, then switch back to survival.

  • Question

    How do I make a dog?

    Ronan is cool

    Ronan is cool

    Community Answer

    You can't technically make a dog, but they are most commonly found in spruce forests.

  • Question

    How do you make it sit?

    Community Answer

    To make a dog sit, left click on them. If you don't left click, then you might end up killing your pet, so be careful.

  • Question

    How do I create a cat in Minecraft?

    Community Answer

    You can't create a cat, but if you want to get a cat, you need to get fish, and if you see a cat, stand very still. Hopefully, the cat will start walking towards you, and it will allow you to become its owner. It takes time, so be patient.

  • Question

    My dog once attacked a creeper and a skeleton but he lost a bit of health. What is this?

    Community Answer

    The dog has health bar just like the player does. You can tell your dog's health by looking at his tail. If the tail is up, he has full health. If his tail starts going down, then he has low health. To give your dog more health, feed him food.

  • Question

    How will I find a pet dog?

    SunPuppy

    SunPuppy

    Community Answer

    Wolves commonly spawn in taiga biomes. If you travel there, you will be able to find a few wolves to tame.

  • Question

    If you have the collar on the wolf, can you still put a lead on it?

    SunPuppy

    SunPuppy

    Community Answer

    Yes. A tamed wolf will always have a collar, so you'll be able to put a lead on it.

  • Question

    How do you change the collar in PE on a tablet?

    MagicBunny230

    MagicBunny230

    Community Answer

    You select the dye you want in the hot bar, then hover over the dog. Then click the button dye, and you will see the collar change.

  • Question

    Can tamed dogs shift into attack mode while sitting?

    MagicBunny230

    MagicBunny230

    Community Answer

    No. They have to be standing to attack mobs. When they attack mobs, they will lose a bit of health. Restore health by feeding them any kind of meat, cooked or raw.

  • Question

    What kind of foods can I feed a Minecraft dog?

    Seasalt25

    The kind of foods you can feed your dog depend on the version of Minecraft. On Java edition, you can feed your dog raw and cooked meats, as well as rotten flesh. On Bedrock editions, you can feed your dog raw and cooked meats, rotten flesh, raw and cooked cod or salmon, tropical fish, pufferfish, and rabbit stew.

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  • If you hit another player or mob, your dog will attack them until either one dies, (everything except creepers).

  • If you are attacked by another player/mob, your dog will step in to protect you and attack the offender (everything except creepers).

  • Tame another dog so you have two. Then get some raw meat ( raw beef works the best) and give it to both dogs. Wait a little bit, make sure they are both not sitting, and you will get a little puppy who is automatically tamed to you.

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  • Wolves are not very useful against spiders or creepers.

  • Don't hit the untamed wolves. If you hit them and there is another one around they will fight you until you die.

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