Doggy Talents Next's Community Skin Expansion
by MashXP
With Doggy Talents Next's Community Skin Expansion installed, trained dogs gain a large set of extra skins chosen from a community-approved library.
What it does
The addon extends Doggy Talents Next with additional dog skins, and it requires Doggy Talents Next to work. Skins are picked from a dedicated menu, so the appearance of a dog can be changed without touching its talents or stats. Skins added by the community are approved before release, and newly added skins appear at the end of the list where the Search tag helps find them.
The addon is client-side only, so a server does not need it and players join without installing anything beyond their own copy. Players who lack the addon see their dogs drawn with the classical wolf appearance instead. Files are published for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge across six game versions, 1.18.2 – 1.21.1, with 1.2 for 1.20.1 as the latest file on each loader. The mod is released under All rights reserved and is not open source, though its source code and issue tracker are public.
Key features
Community skin library
Skins submitted by players are approved before they join the selectable set for trained dogs.
Dog menu access
Sneak-clicking a trained dog opens the Dog Menu, where skins are chosen from the Style tab.
Search tag
A search tag narrows the skin list, which helps locate newly added skins that sit at the end of it.
Fallback appearance
Without the addon installed, the dog is rendered with the classical wolf skin.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who already use Doggy Talents Next and want more visual variety for their trained dogs, and modpack authors who want a wider range of dog appearances on the client side.
How it compares
Doggy Talents Next's Palette Of Paws runs on both client and server and covers 1.20 – 1.21.10 on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge, under All rights reserved. Better Dogs X Doggy Talents Next needs the server, with the client optional, for 1.20 – 1.21 on the same three loaders. Let Sleeping Dogs Lie is client-side only and open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, for 1.18 – 1.21.5.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doggy Talents Next's Community Skin Expansion | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.18.2 – 1.21.1 | Client-side only | 2025-04-05 |
| Doggy Talents Next's Palette Of Paws | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20 – 1.21.10 | Client and server | 2025-11-15 |
| Better Dogs X Doggy Talents Next | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20 – 1.21 | Server required, client optional | 2024-12-17 |
| Let Sleeping Dogs Lie | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.18 – 1.21.5 | Client-side only | 2025-05-09 |
Questions
Does Doggy Talents Next's Community Skin Expansion need Doggy Talents Next?
Does the server need this addon?
How are new skins chosen for the list?
Which game versions have files?
In the catalog
Doggy Talents Next's Community Skin Expansion is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,189 Mobs mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
You can use it on any server that has Doggy Talents Next installed! --- This mod adds all of the approved skin requests from our lovely player base!
Official listing
- Owner
- MashXP
- Published
- 2024-11-06
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-04-05
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15