Pet Your Dog
by SigmaStudios
Pet Your Dog lets players pet tamed dogs with a key press, with hearts, a head tilt and happy sounds as the dog responds.
What it does
Looking at a tamed dog and pressing F starts the petting action. The camera moves smoothly toward the dog while a hand reaches out, then hearts burst above the dog's head and it tilts its head and makes happy sounds. A two-second cooldown stops repeated presses from spamming the effect.
The mod is a Forge utility for Minecraft 1.16.5 and needs only Forge to run. Both client and server need it, because the server sends the petting to other players, who see the pet dog as well. Players on a multiplayer server all see the same animation. The code is under the MIT License, but the project is not open source. Files are published for 1.16.5 only, with 1.0.0 as the latest, released 2026-05-01.
Key features
Petting key
Pressing F while looking at a tamed dog plays the petting sequence.
Custom camera animation
The camera glides toward the dog and a hand reaches out during the petting motion.
Heart particles and head tilt
Hearts appear over the dog's head and the dog tilts its head when petted.
Happy sounds and cooldown
The dog makes happy sounds, and a two-second cooldown prevents repeated triggering.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Multiplayer petting
Other players on the same server see the petted dog, so the animation is visible to the whole group.
Who it’s for: Players who keep tamed dogs on Forge servers or in single-player worlds and want a petting interaction. Server owners who add it need it installed on the server as well as on each player's client.
Questions
Does Pet Your Dog need to be installed on the server?
Which Minecraft version does Pet Your Dog support?
Can the petting be triggered on any dog?
In the catalog
Pet Your Dog is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder, and one of 14,575 Utility mods for Forge. 5,992 mods support Minecraft 1.16.5.
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What the author says
A fun Minecraft 1.16.5 Forge mod that lets you pet your tamed dogs!
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/pet-your-dog
- Owner
- SigmaStudios
- Published
- 2026-05-01
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-05-01
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15