Pet Hud
by jacobxny
Pet HUD pins tamed animals such as wolves, cats and parrots to the side of the screen, so their health and armor stay in view while playing.
What it does
A pet is pinned from the pet menu, which opens with the P key. Once pinned, a pet is always shown in the HUD with its health. Up to three pets can be pinned to the side of the hotbar at the same time. A pet that is not pinned can still appear in the Nearby Pets list, and pinning it there adds it to the HUD.
A wolf wearing armor shows a durability bar for that armor, which turns cyan and stays until the armor breaks. The display works in a way similar to Uku's Armor HUD, which shows armor durability on screen, except that the armor shown belongs to pets. Each pet can be named from the menu, with the name visible only in that menu, and its model can be rotated by dragging it.
The mod is built on Fabric API and runs on the client alone. Pet HUD is published for Fabric only, with files for 1.21 and 1.21.1, under the MIT License, and it is not open source.
Key features
Pinned pet display
Up to three pets stay on screen beside the hotbar, each with a health display, so their status is always visible.
Armor durability bars
A pet wearing armor shows a durability bar for each piece, which turns cyan and stays until the armor breaks.
Pet menu
Tamed animals such as wolves, cats and parrots are listed in a menu opened with the P key, where they can be pinned and named.
Model rotation
A pet's model can be turned by dragging it in the menu, so its armor and appearance can be checked from each side.
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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
Keeping a wolf pack in view
A player with several tamed wolves can pin the three that matter most and watch their health during a fight.
Checking pet armor
A player who equips wolves with armor can read each piece's durability from the HUD without opening an inventory.
Who it’s for: Players who keep tamed animals and want their health and armor visible during play. Because the mod runs on the client alone, it can be used in single-player or on a server without installing it on the server.
How it compares
Pet Improvements is a Fabric mod for 1.21 – 1.21.1 that runs on client and server under the MIT License, and it is open source. Smart Pets is server-side only under the MIT License, for 1.21.11, and is not open source. Pet HUD runs on the client alone, so a server does not need it, while Pet Improvements requires both sides.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pet Hud | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.1 | Client-side only | 2026-02-09 |
| Pet Improvements | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-06-13 |
| Smart Pets | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Server-side only | 2026-06-20 |
Questions
Does Pet HUD need Fabric API?
Does the server need Pet HUD installed?
Which game versions does Pet HUD support?
In the catalog
Pet Hud 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
Pet HUD allows you to pin your pets to your HUD so you can always see their health and armor durability (for wolves). Simply tame an animal like a wolf, cat or parrot, and open the menu using P, from here you can pin, name and even rotate the models of your pets. Its quite fancy!
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/pet-hud
- Owner
- jacobxny
- Published
- 2026-02-09
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-02-09
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15