What Do You Feed a Dog in Minecraft

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In Minecraft, wolves are found in the wild. They can be tamed and turned into pet dogs that follow you. Not only do they act as a companion, they also protect you by attacking hostile mobs. You can also breed tamed dogs to produce more dogs that are friendly. This wikiHow teaches you how to tame and breed wolves and dogs.

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1. 1

   Obtain bones. Bones are dropped by skeletons and wither skeletons when they are defeated. They can also be obtained from chests in desert and jungle temples or caught while fishing.

2. 2

   Find a wolf. They spawn in the Forest, Taiga, Mega Taiga, Cold Taiga, and Cold Taiga M biomes. If you are in creative mode, you can also spawn one using a wolf spawn egg.

3. 3

   Use the bones to tame the wolf. Open your inventory and drag and drop the bones into your inventory. Select the bones by pressing the corresponding button on the keyboard, or pressing the left and right shoulder buttons on the controller until the toolbar slot with the bones is highlighted. Walk up to the wolf and right-click on it or press the left trigger button on the controller to give it bones. You will know the wolf has been tamed when hearts appear over it and it's collar will turn red.

   • It may take multiple tries and will consume your bone. After you tame it, you can make the dog either sit or follow you by right-clicking on it. When it is tamed, it will be sitting by default. You will have to right-click it to get it to follow you.

4. 4

   Tame a second wolf. You need two for breeding. Use bones to tame a second wolf.

   • In Minecraft, animals, villagers and mobs don't have a gender. Don't worry about whether or not the wolves are male or female.

5. 5

   Feed the dogs to put them in love mode. Make sure both dogs are nearby. Feed them any kind of meat to make them go into love mode. You will see hearts appear above the dog. When two dogs go into love mode in close proximity, they will breed on their own and produce a pup.

   • A new pup bred by tamed dogs will already be tamed and friendly to the player.
   • A pup will start small and grow over time. You can make it grow quicker by feeding it meat.

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• Question

  How do you know the dog's health?

  

  Check their tail. If it's low to the ground, their health is low. If it's up high, their health is high. To regenerate their health, just feed them meat of any kind.

• Question

  How do I give a dog a name?

  

  Get a name tag by trading with white-robed villagers (librarians) or fishing. Then, craft an anvil out of 3 iron blocks and 4 iron ingots (if you don't have one yet). Right click on the anvil and place your name tag. Above the three slots found in the anvil GUI, you'll see a bar that contains the item's name in it. Click on it, and type the name for your dog. Once you have renamed your name tag, take it out of the anvil and right click on your dog to name it.

• Question

  What if the 2 dogs belong to different people? How do I make the dog mine?

  

  You can't. You can feed and care for them, but the other person will remain owner.

• Question

  Will the baby dogs grow into dogs?

  

  Yes they will, it takes about 20 minutes but the process can be sped up if you feed the baby dog meat (raw or cooked is fine).

• Question

  Can mobs kill a tamed dog or wolf in Minecraft?

  

  Yes, and when they do, a sort of message will appear in the text section stating the mob that killed the dog, and the dog's name if it has one.

• Question

  Where do you find a dog/wolf?

  

  They are sometimes found in forests, but usually in Tiga biomes or in snowy biomes.

• Question

  Will the puppy be mine if I breed my dog with someone else's?

  

  Braydon Stepp

  Community Answer

  It depends, you would have a 50/50 chance of it being yours if you breed yours and someone else's. To find out if it is yours, try to right click on it. If it sits, then it is yours. If it doesn't do anything, then it's not yours.

• Question

  How can I get the dog to follow me in Minecraft?

  

  Just make sure it's not sitting, by right clicking on it. Be careful of this though, as the dog can suffocate if it teleports to you too quickly. It also can drown and fall into lava easily.

• Question

  How come hearts don't show up on a dog when it's a puppy?

  

  The dog has to be "trained." If you are in survival and only have two bones, don't use them -- attack more skeletons. But if you are in creative you don't have to worry -- all you have to do is click on the dog a few times.

• Question

  Can a puppy spawn with its sibling?

  

  No. Whenever a wolf is bred with another one, only one puppy will be produced.

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• If your dog falls behind, it will teleport to your location.

• If a wolf is sitting down, it will not follow you or teleport to your location.

• You can dye a wolf's collar with dyes. Do this the same way you dye sheep.

• Rotten flesh dropped by zombies isn't useful for much, but it can be fed to dogs as dog food.

• Build a doghouse for your dog. It doesn't only look nice, you can also put your dogs in there when you don't need them.

• Don't put dogs in spaces that have monsters!

• If your standing wolf looks an enderman in the eye, the enderman will scream and teleport to it to kill it, just like it does for you.

• Your wolves might occasionally wander off the edge of a cliff or into lava.

• Wolves naturally attack skeletons, so be careful that your dog doesn't go running off and get itself killed.

• If you spawn baby wolves by using a spawn egg on an adult wolf, it will not be tamed.

• Puppies cannot swim and will drown in water if they are not removed.

• Don't hit an untamed wolf. It will try to kill you, and so will the rest of its pack.

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1. Collect bones from skeletons.
2. Locate a wolf.
3. Equip the bones and give them to the wolf until hearts appear over the wolf.
4. Repeat to tame a second wolf.
5. Feed the tamed wolves until hearts appear over them to put them in love mode.
6 Repeat with a second tamed wolf in close proximity to make them breed.

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