
Smart Pets
Command your tamed dogs and cats with a right-click: follow close/far, stay, guard an area, or return home. Dogs auto-fetch nearby dropped items into your inventory. Everything's persistent and configurable.
About this Mod
Five command modes, cycled with an empty-hand right-click:
Follow Close — sticks to your side (2–4 blocks)
Follow Far — gives you space (8–12 blocks)
Stay — holds position right where it is
Guard Area — anchors to a spot and defends it
Return Home — walks back to its saved home
Home system — sneak + right-click to set a pet's home. It's remembered across world reloads.
Auto-fetch (dogs) — tamed dogs walk to nearby dropped items and deliver them straight to your inventory. Great for cleaning up after mining or mob farms.
Guard mode — a guarding dog attacks hostile mobs that enter its radius, then returns to its post once the fight is over.
Smart pathfinding and teleport — pets path to you intelligently and teleport to your side when they fall too far behind, so you never lose one.
Fully configurable — every feature can be toggled, and all distances and radii tuned, in a simple JSON file.
How to use
ActionResultRight-click pet (empty hand)Cycle to the next command modeSneak + right-click (empty hand)Set the pet's home to its current spot
Entering Guard Area automatically anchors the guard post to wherever the pet is standing, so walk it into position first, then cycle to Guard. The current mode is shown on your screen each time you switch.
Note: it has to be your own tamed pet, and your hand must be empty. Holding an item performs the normal vanilla action instead.
Available Versions
How to Install Smart Pets on Your Server
Order Server
Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).
Set fabric Loader
In the panel under "Egg", select the fabric loader and matching Minecraft version (1.21.11).
Install Mod
Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Smart Pets". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.
Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Minecraft Versions
1.21.11
Server-side
✓ RequiredRecommended RAM
4 GB(min. 3 GB)Frequently Asked Questions
Smart Pets server crashes on startup – what to do?
Most common cause: wrong fabric version or insufficient RAM. Check the server log (latest.log) for "OutOfMemoryError" or "Mixin" errors. With Mado Hosting: ensure at least 3 GB RAM is allocated and the loader matches the mod version (1.21.11). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.
Is Smart Pets compatible with fabric?
Smart Pets officially supports fabric for Minecraft 1.21.11. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.
Server lagging with Smart Pets – how to optimize performance?
Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Smart Pets consumes the most tick time. Common fixes: reduce server view-distance to 8-10, install "performant" or "starlight" as supplementary mods on Forge. With Mado Hosting, your server runs on NVMe SSDs with dedicated CPU cores for minimal latency.
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