VO: Better Dogs
by dasikigaijin
Wolves tamed by a player in VO: Better Dogs gain one of several personalities, and the mod adds commands for guarding, patrolling and following.
What it does
VO: Better Dogs changes the wolf AI that Minecraft already ships with. A tamed wolf can take a personality of Aggressive, Pacifist or Normal, and each one shapes how it fights and how often it flees at low health. The scheduler that drives these behaviors is event-driven, so the mod runs its logic only when something changes instead of on every tick.
A player can turn a wolf into a guard by holding a bone in the main hand and using Shift plus right-click, which spends one bone and sets the wolf to stand watch at its post. A seated wolf keeps its sitting posture while it guards. Patrol styles include a polygon perimeter sweep out to 8 blocks, radial sweeps out to 6 blocks and tight orbital circles within 4 blocks. Shift plus right-click with paper starts an adoption, which makes the wolf sit, clears its aggression and leaves a rose pink particle trail.
The mod requires Dasik Library and Fabric API. It is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, and it is a Fabric mod for client and server, so both the server and every player need it. Files cover 1.20.1, 1.21, 1.21.1, 1.21.11, 26.1, 26.1.1, 26.1.2, 26.2 and 26.3, with 1.0.50+1.21.11 for 1.21.11 as the latest file.
Key features
Wolf personalities
Tamed wolves take Aggressive, Pacifist or Normal personalities, each with its own combat and fleeing behavior.
Guard posts and patrols
A guard post keeps a wolf in place, and patrol styles sweep the area around it in a perimeter, radial or orbital pattern.
Adoption with paper
Shift plus right-click with paper calms a tamed wolf, makes it sit and marks it with a rose pink particle trail.
Commands with a short alias
Commands are registered under betterdogs and bd, with tab completion for the arguments.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.21.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.20.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 2
How it compares
Wolf Rules is a Fabric and Forge mod, under the MIT License, that is server required and client optional, with files for 1.20.1 – 26.1.2. Better Wolf Companion Mod is Fabric only, under All rights reserved, for client and server, with files for 1.21.1 – 26.1.2. Better Dogs is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only and covers 1.20.1 – 26.3 on Fabric.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VO: Better Dogs | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-10-13 |
| Wolf Rules | Fabric and Forge | 1.20.1 – 26.1.2 | Server required, client optional | 2026-04-20 |
| Better Wolf Companion Mod | Fabric | 1.21.1 – 26.1.2 | Client and server | 2026-05-31 |
Questions
Does Better Dogs need Dasik Library?
Does the server need Better Dogs?
Which game versions does the mod support?
In the catalog
VO: Better Dogs 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
Every Minecraft player knows the pain: you spend hours finding and taming a wolf, and five minutes later it jumps into a 2-block lava pit or walks off a fatal cliff. Better Dogs overhauls vanilla wolf AI from the ground up to turn them into intelligent, durable, and highly capable companions. Powered by a…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/vanilla-outsider-better-dogs
- Owner
- dasikigaijin
- Published
- 2025-12-30
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-13
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15