Animal Garden - Prairie Dog
Animal Garden - Prairie Dog adds tamable prairie dogs that players find in plains and meadow biomes.
What it does
Prairie dogs are tamable animals that spawn in the plains and meadow biomes. They are omnivorous, so a player can tame one by offering a food item. Once tamed, a prairie dog barks when a nearby mob targets its owner. An untamed prairie dog panics and avoids nearby entities when it is hit.
Tamed prairie dogs can dig items out of the ground about every 5 to 10 minutes. Each one can be set to one of three behaviors: wandering around, staying in place, or following its owner. Untamed prairie dogs sleep at night and are active during the day.
Before a mob spawns, the game checks the area around the spawn point for other mobs of the same type. A config option sets how large that area is and the maximum number of mobs allowed in it, and a further option prevents overspawning. The mod needs Aquarius Libs installed next to it. The server and every player need the mod installed.
Key features
Tamable prairie dogs
Prairie dogs can be tamed with food and then follow the owner or stay in one spot.
Digging for items
Tamed prairie dogs dig items out of the ground at intervals of roughly 5 to 10 minutes.
Three behavior modes
Wandering, resting and following modes let the owner choose how a tamed prairie dog moves.
Spawn density control
Config settings limit how many prairie dogs can spawn in a given area around a spawn point.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
1.20.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.19.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.18.x1 of 1 version with builds
This mod also publishes snapshot builds. Snapshots are not shown in the matrix.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who want tamable animals in the plains and meadow biomes, and server owners who want to control how many spawn in one area.
How it compares
Vanilla Degus is a Client and server mod for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge, covering 1.16.5 – 26.3, and it is not open source under the All rights reserved license. Borzoi Dogs is a Forge mod for 1.16.5 – 1.20.1 that works on either side, and neither side needs it, under All rights reserved. Doggo Mod Overhauled is a Fabric mod for 1.18 – 1.20.2 that is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Garden - Prairie Dog | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.18.2 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-09-23 |
| Vanilla Degus | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.16.5 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-09-26 |
| Borzoi Dogs | Forge | 1.16.5 – 1.20.1 | Client or server, optional | 2026-06-20 |
| Doggo Mod Overhauled | Fabric | 1.18 – 1.20.2 | Client and server | 2023-12-03 |
Questions
Does Animal Garden - Prairie Dog need Aquarius Libs?
Does the server need the mod installed?
Which game versions have files for Prairie Dog?
How can server owners limit prairie dog spawns?
In the catalog
Animal Garden - Prairie Dog is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,189 Mobs mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
This mod adds prairie dogs as tamable animals to your world. You can find them in the plains and meadow biome. (In forge you can change this and other spawn settings by editing the json files in the data -> biome tags and biome modifier folders or via resource pack and in fabric there is a config file for it)
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/animal-garden-prairie-dog
- Owner
- Aquarius.playz
- Published
- 2026-01-03
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-23
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15