Talk:Wolf/Archive 2

Neutral when Tamed?
When you tamed a wolf, then you attack it (with hands as exaple), does it gets untamed and attacks you, does it attack you and stay tamed, or does it gets untamed and do nothing, or it gets passive? Calinou 22:33, 21 March 2011 (UTC)


 * We dunno yet.-- User Oneshot O.JPG ne shot.   19:44, 21 March 2011.


 * Chances are that your tamed wolf will be loyal to you till death. This is just a guess, though. R ocĸetor talk  22:21, 21 March 2011 (UTC)


 * If you accidentally hit it while it is tamed then nothing happens. Ffrogman 00:00, 25 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Jeb should have shown it in the video... Useful information. Calinou 22:33, 21 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Lol it would be funny if wild wolves blew up like Creepers R ocĸetor talk  05:45, 22 March 2011 (UTC)


 * It would be funny to have flying wolves for fighting Ghasts too :D Stop offtopic. Calinou 22:12, 22 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Maybe you can't attack it. JesusChrist666 22:34, 22 March 2011 (UTC)


 * You've got a point, because it is in fact friendly --BURRITO333 00:21, 23 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Actually, your offtopic idea about flying wolves to fight Ghasts is also a problem. If you melee a Ghast and then your wolf is trying to attack it, and the Ghast floats over an edge.... R ocĸetor talk  05:08, 28 March 2011 (UTC)


 * That won't happen because wolves don't go through portals to the nether, and they won't teleport to you either.legoking24 14:33, 1 April 2011 (EST)


 * When you attack a tamed wolf the only thing that happens is the wolf's health goes down. So it remains tamed and does NOT attack back. [[File:pumpkin_small.png]] FLINJAGER123  Talk [[File:Pumpkin_small.png]] 22:08, 31 March 2011 (UTC)


 * I have seen multiple times, personal experience included, that tamed wolves will attack back if you attack them. They may even kill you, however, after you die you may return to them and find they are still tame. GameSlayerGS 14:07, 11 April 2011 (UTC)


 * I don't know how many times I've hit my wolves. I've never once had them attack me.  As far as I know, the only way to get them to attack you once tamed is to attack yourself. Markus 08:03, 28 April 2011 (UTC)


 * They will run around for a while like the passive mobs, and will relax after a while. Personal experience. But sometimes when you close your game, and then log on, they might become wild(even if they're sitting) or at least that's what happens to me. –Preceding unsigned comment was added by 62.242.64.212 (Talk) 12:57, 20 January 2012. Please sign your posts with

Wolves are dogs?
When wolves are tamed are they going to be called Wolves still or dogs? –The preceding unsigned comment was added by LeopardStar (Talk 23:14, 29 March 2011. Please sign your posts with


 * They've always been called wolves on Notch's blog and the Mojang twitter accounts, so I'm going to assume that dogs are scrapped and replaced with tameable wolves. – ultradude25 ( T at 23:15, 29 March 2011 (UTC)


 * It was only called dogs by fans. R ocĸetor talk  05:48, 30 March 2011 (UTC)


 * It should be noted that wolves and dogs are in fact the same species of animal (Canis lupus). You want to call them dogs, call them dogs.  :)  A dog is just a tamed wolf... --Euryleia 20:35, 3 April 2011 (UTC)


 * A dog is a domesticated wolf - there's a big difference between taming and domestication. Yomikoma 20:56, 5 April 2011 (UTC)


 * There are several species of wolves; the Gray Wolf, Canis Lupis, Dogs, Canis Lupis familiaris, the Red Wolf, Canis rufus, Eastern Wolf, Canis lycaon, Indian wolf Canis lupus pallipes. It's most probable that they are Gray Wolves do to there habitat, but while they are the same species they are different sub-species, and so we have tame wolves not dogs. Timberdoodle 14:55, 18 May 2011 (UTC) Sorry forgot to put in the Dingo, and African Wild Dog. Timberdoodle 14:57, 18 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Minecraft is a simplification of real life. Making a point by using 'real world information' is (even though technically correct) pretty much beside the point. I mean (as a random example) chickens spawn when you throw eggs? In this world they would be omelets, not chickens. Tamed wolves are still wolves but calling them 'tamed wolves' is 5 times as long as 'dog'. To distinguish I guess 'dog' is a good word.(94.212.169.79 12:24, 27 February 2012 (UTC))

Aggressive wolves
I'm pretty sure there will also be aggressive wolves be showing up, at least, that seems what Jeb meant when he said wolves are mostly neutral. And Notch seems to think the same. So... Vertex 18:19, 30 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Already seen a wolf that attacked me in SMP. I did nothing to it, I was just woodcutting! C ali nou - talk × contribs » 08:16, 28 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Aggressive wolves only exist if you hit a wild wolf. Hlast 14:41, 5 August 2011 (UTC)


 * On SMP, attacked wolves become hostile to everyone. So maybe someone attacked a wolf, and a wolf of that pack killed you. --Emeraldisthetwilightgod 01:10, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Doors
Wolves don't seem to go through open doors. I had a double wooden door open for them to walk into, and they ignored it and tried to walk around. Removing the door seemed to fix the problem, but having a zombie walk into their room isn't exactly the most pleasant of thoughts. Wandering Traveler 17:58, 31 March 2011 (UTC)


 * I recommend to make a "dog-hut" if Notch doesn't ad one. Just make a small House with no door, let them sit in it, and close it up with dirt. Khezu


 * I can confirm that the dogs I've seen won't go through doors. Eggdropsoap 01:34, 1 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Wolves can go through 1x1 holes I believe, and only chickens & wolves at most housing locations can go through those, so you could have a 1x1 hole next to your door for wolves. Richardplex 20:06, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

I have seen my dogs going through double doors when either both or just one is open. You just have to be patient. –The preceding unsigned comment was added by Reeseyd (Talk 11:51, 2 April 2011. Please sign your posts with


 * I've gotten my wolves to go through a single door too. But it was at the end of a long one-block path with fences on either side, which helped to line them up correctly. Chyre –The preceding undated comment was added on 22:49, 16 April 2011. Please sign your posts with

Pigs/Small Slimes can also go in this door. I prefer making a wolf hut anyway :) Calinou 19:52, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

Adding that I've managed to get my wolves to walk through both double and single doors, it just takes time and patience. Adding 1x1 'doggie doors' beside the entrance seems to help, but knocking out bits out of your buildings for their sake seems counterproductive. The best compromise I've found for keeping wolves is to make open, well-lit and high-fenced pens outside your house. --Fanshawe 15:03, 4 September 2011 (UTC)


 * I usually just make my wolves sit near the door and shove them in. It's faster than waiting for them to go in themselves, and you can shove them through single doors as well as double doors. Or make an enclosure large enough so when you run to the other side of it, your wolves must either follow you or teleport inside. --Aj is me 01:44, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Wolves are becoming untamed.
I believe it's some kind of glitch, but I noticed that when I got back onto a world where I had tamed a wolf pack of 6, They were no longer tamed, however, they were all still sitting in a group where i left them. Their collars are also gone. –Preceding unsigned comment was added by Xexoy2 (Talk&#124;Contribs) 19:26, 1 April 2011. Please sign your posts with


 * Damn, that's happened to me as well. Better start collection bones... Thanks, R ocĸetor talk  - Edit constructively!! 20:39, 3 April 2011 (UTC)


 * I realized that the dogs recognize people by their username that tamed them - this is going to be true for single player and multiplayer I think. I tamed the dogs with one user name then I purchased a new one. I started using the new one and then my dogs wouldn't listen to me and attacked me. I was confused until it hit me that the dogs don't know I'm behind both usernames. They listen to the first username. -faithy (PS I haven't tested to see if the dogs disobey you when you can't login and chose "play offline") –Preceding unsigned comment was added by Faithy (Talk&#124;Contribs) 18:09, 8 April 2011. Please sign your posts with


 * When Playing offline mode, your Username is "Player #", and so ONLY Wolves tamed in Offline Mode will act as yours, and if you switch back to your real UserName, than wolves tamed in Offline mode will ignore you and wolves tamed under that name will listen, etc. (Personally, I think that the Offline/Online part should be filed as a bug, and that MineCraft should just temporarily save whoever was logged on last, and always give Offline Mode that name, but that's just an opinion.) --DwarfWoot 15:42, 10 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Yeah, totally got burned by this (wolf killed me when I punched it out of confusion), thanks for the info. Vladsinger 03:36, 10 January 2012 (UTC)


 * this glitch has carried into 1.1 and needs fixing direly –Preceding unsigned comment was added by 50.70.193.123 (Talk) 19:35, 3 February 2012. Please sign your posts with


 * This could easily be fixed, just make single-player refer to the player as "player" no matter what. (except in the credits)--99.25.90.235 16:11, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Sitting bug
Ive just experienced my wolf permanently sitting because of the bug that occurs when you save and quit to title while the wolf is sitting, and once you go back into the game, right clicking has no effect. I also tried attacking it and dumping water on it, with no effect. --NecrusIV 12:25, 10 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Was it tamed in Offline Mode and then next time played in Online Mode? (Or Vice Versa)? Because A Wolf is tamed to a User ID/Name, and in Offline Mode, your name is Player #. --DwarfWoot 15:47, 10 April 2011 (UTC)


 * I'm getting this bug while playing on a server. Both my cats and my dogs become frozen while sitting when i let the area they are in go out of active memory by going to far away or logging out. –Preceding unsigned comment was added by 98.230.197.152 (Talk) 19:52, 11 March 2012. Please sign your posts with


 * I was able to correct it atleast in multiplayer by logging off of the broken wolves owner and on to another account in the same area, then relogging. not sure if the log off was necessary but all 4 of the broken wolves became fixed. similar bug although less often seems to happen with cats. –Preceding unsigned comment was added by Byoocannon (Talk&#124;Contribs) 22:43, 16 March 2012. Please sign your posts with

wtf!!!
i have 5 wolver, and i do NOT remember taming them all.

can somebody help? 89.21.2.196 11:19, 7 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Yeah, kill the ones you don't want. 「 ディノ 奴 千？！ 」? · ☎ Dinoguy1000 21:59, 7 October 2011 (UTC)


 * no, don't kill them. 98.248.118.106 12:32, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

Wolves don't stay sitting?
I'm hosting and playing my own private server, running 1.8.1. When I tell my wolves to sit, I always come back home to see them running around in my room. Is there a reason they don't remain sitting? SMP bug? I'm walking too far?76.20.78.75 20:45, 9 October 2011 (UTC)


 * I am having the same problem, and I seem to be the only person in my server who has this happen. Sometimes I'll be in my diamond mine, or roaming the countryside, and *poof*, the dog I told to sit is now standing behind me.  I got a pack of wolves to sit in my house, and they would *all* suddenly appear around me, en masse.  96.255.246.250 07:47, 20 September 2012 (UTC)

I cant find pigs for my wolves!
i have 2 wolves, but i cant find any pigs... and the pigs i do find wont drop any meat. what do i do! –Preceding unsigned comment was added by 63.228.113.241 (Talk) 08:39, 5 December 2011. Please sign your posts with


 * Stop killing the pigs as soon as you find them - lead them back to your house/base (pigs, cows, and sheep will follow you if you're holding wheat) and then breed them for an infinite supply of pigs. Alternately, save Rotten Flesh for your wolves - it heals wolves with no side effects at all, and is otherwise useless (unless you like the poison effect), unlike porkchops. 「 ディノ 奴 千？！ 」? · ☎ Dinoguy1000 17:23, 5 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Chickens will also follow wheat. –Preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.250.218.110 (Talk) 22:57, 27 January 2012. Please sign your posts with

Wolf bug?
I had tamed wolves and I was in creative doing random stuff. I hit my wolf behind a wall and he started jumping at me while sitting. Water didn't work. Did anyone else have this problem? –Preceding unsigned comment was added by Dalolman (Talk&#124;Contribs) 14:04, 22 December 2011. Please sign your posts with


 * I had this problem in the end I had to kill my wolf. Bluelucario24 18:38, 27 December 2011 (UTC)Bluelucario24


 * I kind of had the same problem. Cuz I was laying with untamed wolves in creative then I hit one and after that all my tamed wolves started growling like crazy. I let them all stand up and they started running towards this spot. Then they started to attack me which made me drown them all. They look like an untamed wolf when you hit them. There tails stayed the same when damaged. –Preceding unsigned comment was added by Simplebuilder101 (Talk&#124;Contribs) 21:09, 20 June 2012. Please sign your posts with

Healing wolves
You can heal a wolf with any meat. How many hearts they heal per feeding? --Gil2455526 15:33, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Now that wolves breed...
How can you heal them without putting them in Love Mode? Does Rotten Flesh not put them into Love Mode? Cobalt32 00:12, 26 January 2012 (UTC)


 * I cant Get my Wolves to go into love mode at all and id really like some answers. Also are there any other ways to tame a wolf other than bones? –Preceding unsigned comment was added by Kelly center (Talk&#124;Contribs) 03:47, 13 February 2012. Please sign your posts with


 * I'm not sure if wolf breeding has actually been implemented yet, and no, you can only tame wolves with bones. Cobalt32 04:24, 13 February 2012 (UTC)


 * They can be healed with food, but when their life bar is full, they will breed if you heal them again. –Preceding unsigned comment was added by Dimboo (Talk&#124;Contribs) 11:20, 2 March 2012. Please sign your posts with


 * How long does it take for a pup to grow up into the adult version?
 * Thanks, Miskatii 119.235.39.154 08:07, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

Wolves spawn in huge amounts now?
Recently I have noticed ridiculous amounts of wolves spawning on some of my maps. I thought they were supposed to be rare...so am I just lucky, or have wolves become a lot more common now? I literally have tamed 200 naturally-spawned wolves in one of my maps. (I've only played it a couple hours total!) I'm certain they were rare before. The wiki doesn't say anything about them being more common now, so I'm just wondering. --Aj is me 17:24, 28 January 2012 (UTC)


 * use the seed -8847825839139041717
 * there a literaly dozens of wolves around the spawn point, and every signle kind of animals you might need to use as cattle, problem is the wolves decimate all the sheeps incredibly fast –Preceding unsigned comment was added by 195.132.198.24 (Talk) 22:09, 16 February 2012. Please sign your posts with

Bugs
This wiki definitely could use better organization regarding bugs. For example, this line: "In snapshot 12w06a, tamed wolves will hunt down sheep even though they are tamed."

To me, that does not sound like a bug. But I digress. –Preceding unsigned comment was added by 77.250.247.165 (Talk) 16:26, 17 February 2012. Please sign your posts with

I hit a REALLY annoying bug, i have 4 wolves, (tamed) but they all sit down, and do nothing, i cant breed them, i was trying to breed a wolf army :D but when i put them in love mode, they just puff love hearts and and still sit on the floor, anyone help? –Preceding unsigned comment was added by 78.148.206.3 (Talk) 14:10, 3 May 2012. Please sign your posts with

Tamed wolves going angry
I have 4 wolves in my main world. I got the bug where they sit down forever, so I hit one, and now they make growl sounds. They are still sitting down, they have the tamed texture, but they growl. Water can't make them sit up either. It works until the water goes away, then they sit back down again... –Preceding unsigned comment was added by 76.14.50.16 (Talk) 19:39, 6 March 2012. Please sign your posts with


 * I have the same problem. I just reset my minecraft, then put my save files back. also, they keep on spawning in wild wolves, which attack me if i attack them. HELP! My cats also are stuck sitting. --92.96.28.180 15:39, 2 May 2012 (UTC)


 * It happened to me too! also i brang 2 tamed wolves with me and my friend was getting attacked by 5 wolves then i went to help him then when i went back to my wolves they attacked me for some reason!


 * Solution: Do not attack their species and do NOT leave them sitting for a long amount of time –Preceding unsigned comment was added by Supaboyy (Talk&#124;Contribs) 15:44, 2 July 2012. Please sign your posts with

Do Splash Potions with Passive Positive & Negative Effects work on Wolves?
I'm trying to find out if certain splash potions have effects on tamed wolves to give them a better edge in battle. I tested this in a Creative Singleplayer and the wolves did not show a bubbling effect, but still seemed to have the effect of the potion used. I tested Instant healing, Regeration, Strength, Swiftness, and Fire resistance. I used a potion of Fire Resistance on a large group of wolves and had them follow me into a lava pit. Most of them survived, but many of the effects had worn off on the wolves that did not get the full effect of the potion. I also hit a wolf a few times and then gave it Regenration and Instant healing, and saw their tails raise, a sign that they were gaining health. Also, I had a wolf walk into lava with fire resistance, and the wolf still ran around in circles despite not taking any damage from the fire. A strength potion I used on a wolf made it kill a cow in one hit after I punched it once, implying that it did at least 4.5 hearts of damage. Also, swiftness appeared to be a noticeable increase in speed.

Any help on this would be appreciated, I'm hoping to have wolves be more useful in fights.

LoneSoldier 23:22, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

Losing your wolves
I'm mining in an underground cave, and I told my wolves to sit. Now i keep looking for them but I don't know where I left them!! I can hear their barks, but can't get to them. Is there a way to get them to teleport to you when they're sitting? xxStarfallxD –The preceding undated comment was added on 21:30, 24 March 2012. Please sign your posts with


 * Take damage from a mob. I makes them instantly stand up and even teleport –Preceding unsigned comment was added by 209.89.211.210 (Talk) 21:39, 25 March 2012. Please sign your posts with


 * That won't work 78.109.80.129 13:55, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

Tamed Wolves Respawning
I was playing on a survival map with a pet wolf. He wouldn't teleport to the ground or climb down the vines (found a bug with the vines) and when I hit a skeleton off the edge by the dog and he jumped of. I seen both the skeleton and my tamed wolf die. After a minute it respawned where it died. I'm just asking if it is a bug or if it happened to anyone else Killrbladez 23:04, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

Woof Unleashed
in the latest version 1.2.4 i returned from the nether to find my 4 tamed dogs standing in place, collars still on but i can't make them sit and they won't fallow me. this is the 3rd game breaking wolf glitch i've found in this NIGHTMARE GAME! the only slight "redemption" (LOL!) is that i can make them take a 1 block fall and they return to normal, unlike the other 2 glitches. still with everything considered, nightmare game. i used to be soooo charmed by minecraft for a year but ever since 1.8 it's been bad experience after bad experience. –Preceding unsigned comment was added by 50.70.193.123 (Talk) 04:08, 27 March 2012. Please sign your posts with

Bug in 1.2.5 re wolves and cats on multiplayer
Since 1.2.4, but worse now, tame wolves and cats will spontaneously un-sit themselves and teleport to wherever you are, on multiplayer. I have observed this on a vanilla server and on a bukkit server with 20 plugins. No mods in use in either case.

This may happen in single player too, I haven't tested it.

This is very annoying and dangerous to the animals. Does anyone know anything about it? I hope this is fixed very soon. –Preceding unsigned comment was added by Zorrothefox (Talk&#124;Contribs) 01:24, 7 April 2012. Please sign your posts with

Despawning when against another player
When my tamed wolves are angry against another player, they despawn. This has also happened to the other player's wolves when they were angry against me. Server bug? Game bug? 1.2.5, Bukkit server. HotdogPi Come to my page! 00:34, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

Random wolves following the player
For some reason, ever since 1.2, whenever I start a new world/map, a bunch of wolves spawn and start following me randomly, even though I haven't tamed them. I cannot make them sit or attack like tamed wolves, they just follow me.this also happends with ocelots. Does anyone know why this happendes? -69.141.35.36 19:36, 29 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Yes, this is not a bug. That is their new AI (however annoying it may be). You'll want to either kill them or let them lose sight of you (Using a boat).--85.27.161.163 15:48, 24 August 2012 (UTC)


 * They're just wandering around - they're not attacking you, not a bug. C ali nou - talk × contribs » 14:20, 3 May 2012 (UTC)


 * I just started a new world. I have 10 wolves following me.  I did not tamed them.  I know how to tame.  They started following me the second I started the game.  They do not attack me.  But I cannot make them sit.  I was mining some dirt and I accidentally hit one.  They killed me.  I resurrected and they started following me again.  They are not just wondering around.  They even teleport if I start to run. First time it happens to me.  Normally, untamed wolves do not follow me that way. 96.22.71.31 10:34, 18 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Playing 1.2.5 single player, whenever I encounter wolves, they begin following me. I've found no way to stop them following me. Running away and putting geographical barriers between me and them doesn't work, they teleport. The only way to get rid of them is to kill them. I am not taming these wolves and not carrying anything they should be interested in. -evilneko 76.187.204.218 21:34, 20 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Also playing 1.2.5 single player, and wolves follow me without being tamed. I started several new worlds and redownloaded the latest update, but they still form huge packs if I wander around for any time. On one world I have over 40 wolves all following me untamed and its making it impossible to accomplish anything because they not only follow, but teleport onto my location if I get any distance away and it knocks me around. The same thing is happening with Ocelots but in smaller quantities, I assume because they do not spawn in large concentrated packs like Wolves do... –Preceding unsigned comment was added by 173.184.11.251 (Talk) 00:13, 10 June 2012. Please sign your posts with

Fall damage
Is it a bug that sitting Cats and Wolves Teleport to you after you take fall damage? cause now EVERY time i take fall damage i expect like 20 wolves to teleport to me! ZeCraftyMiner 17:02, 4 May 2012 (UTC)


 * I've just tried it out in 1.2.5. Neither sitting cats nor sitting wolves teleported to me when I took fall damage, they didn't even stand up. Only mob damage seems to make wolves and cats stand up and follow the attacking mob, trying to attack it. smwforever45 18:09, 4 May 2012 (UTC)


 * It does not happen every time. sometimes i will be doing something around my house or in my storage room and out of nowhere my dogs teleport to me. it may have nothing to do with fall damage but that is the only reason i can tell why my dogs come to me ZeCraftyMiner 00:48, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

Do Pet Dogs Teleport to The Spawn Point if You Die?
I've been ridiculously lost for hours.... I didn't bring that many items with me, and I wouldn't mind losing them to commit suicide off of a cliff to return to bed, but I'm getting mixed messages from this page as to whether or not dogs teleport to you if you leave a 20x20x10 area NO MATTER WHAT or if you actually have to go close to the place where you died for them to teleport to you....meh. I'm probably the equivalent of ten miles from my house right now.

If I commit suicide, will my dogs teleport to me? –Preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.180.189.223 (Talk) 19:22, 6 May 2012. Please sign your posts with


 * I had this exact same problem. I drowned myself, and appeared at my ORIGINAL spawn point with all 6 of my wolves still tamed and still right next to me. I don't know if this is a bug or it always happens, but I'm glad it did! –Preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.5.161.186 (Talk) 19:39, 2 June 2012. Please sign your posts with

wolf unsit-ifying
the bug where wolves wont stand happened to me, and i punched one and now all they do is sit there and growl at me. what do i do? –Preceding unsigned comment was added by 142.68.42.79 (Talk) 00:06, 2 June 2012. Please sign your posts with

360
i have the xbox version, and i tamed a few wolves. my map is short on pigs, and i read here that wolves eat all kinds of meat. is fish not considered meat? my wolves wont eat it. help! BookLover715 18:57, 18 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Well fish in real life is not considred meat. So no dogs do not eat fish so you should save your fish for ocelots or yourself. Wolves can eat other things like (raw or cooked): Beef/Steak, Chicken, Pork or Rotten flesh. Try not to overdue it cuz they might have hearts and start to mate. –Preceding unsigned comment was added by Simplebuilder101 (Talk&#124;Contribs) 21:17, 20 June 2012. Please sign your posts with
 * You didn't read it, did you? He said he was on the XBOX edition and it doesn't have breeding or ocelots.yoshidude56 01:02, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

Does it exist?
I am looking for a mod to permanently disable Wolf and Ocelot spawning. I never want them to appear in my world again. Does anyone know if such a mod exists, and if so, what it would be called? If not, consider this a request.

-Never mind, I found one. EmoTank 11:19, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

My Wolve's aren't my wolves anymore!
I was playing with my friends on multiplayer and one of my friends accidentaly hit me with a diamond sword and my wolves didn't attack him when we were right next to them and when i look at them it didn't say to follow me. and now they aren't me wolves :( plz help! –Preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.118.33.63 (Talk) 18:40, 1 July 2012. Please sign your posts with


 * Ouch! Sorry about that. that's strange. They should not do that. ya, that is a mystery. No, I don't know how to fix that, sorry.
 * P.S. Please tell us your user name. Thanks. –Preceding unsigned comment was added by 76.0.102.219 (Talk) 17:27, 8 July 2012. Please sign your posts with

Taming on the Xbox360
I can only seem to tame wolves with bones on the Xbox version of this game, the article says I can use meat raw or cooked. If anyone else has this same problem it should be added to the article that only bones work on the Xbox 360. --174.101.226.137 03:04, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

-EDIT (SkeletonEater) 2/22/13 You can only tame wolves with BONES. Meat & Rotten Flesh is for Healing/Breeding. –Preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.193.70.239 (Talk) 01:40, 23 February 2013‎ (UTC). Please sign your posts with

Using Meat to Tame
I have been trying to tame wolfs with meat (any and all) but so far I've had no luck. This wiki reads that it's possible to gain a tamed wolf with meat. What's the ratio? Or is that something that only works on the xbox? I'm playing PC and the only tamed wolfs I've gained was by using bones. I just seem to feed the wild ones... –Preceding unsigned comment was added by KaywinnetLee (Talk&#124;Contribs) 23:11, 7 July 2012‎. Please sign your posts with


 * Fixed; only bones can be used to tame wolves. -- Orthotope 23:50, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

Wolves and howling.
Did you guys know, that wolves have had the Howling sounds for the longest time, but have never been used? As of 1.3.1. they still are not being used. What do you think? Will they ever be used? Tell us what you think. Spencer10APSC 17:53, 14 August 2012 (UTC)

The minecraft modders Technic retextured the wolves and added in the Howling sounds in their modpack Yogbox. So yes, someone finally used the sounds.

Odd tamed wolf behavior
I've experienced some odd things with my tamed wolves. I keep them sitting in my house most of the time as they get in the way. A couple times one would be sitting near a wall and start yelping and taking damage and it turns black and looked like it was getting pulled into the wall. I tried to make it stand, but it wouldn't work. The first time it died. The second time I hit the wolf with a stick and was then able to make it stand and it turned back to it's natural color, ran away from the wall and stopped taking damage. At first I thought it was some shadow creature pulling them into the wall and attacking them, but now I believe if they sit too close to a solid block and turn towards it their head ends up inside the block and they start taking suffocation damage.

Also, when I go the the Nether and come back they are no longer sitting even though I left them that way. Once they even teleported to the exit portal which was suspended high in the air.

Lastly, like a poster above mentions, I had to hit one with a stick as it wouldn't stand when I right clicked him, and he stood but started growling. Then the other two started to growl. I fed each repeatedly but they kept growling. I tried sleeping, exiting and reloading the game. Finally when I went out to chop trees and came back they were just gone. WTF?!

I think I'm done with wolves for awhile. Heeeere kitty, kitty, kitty! –Preceding unsigned comment was added by Cpc65 (Talk&#124;Contribs) 21:51, 14 July 2012. Please sign your posts with


 * Thats weird I have been having trouble to.


 * 1. if im by my wolf and get harmed while its sitting t will stand and attack the zombie then sit bck down


 * 2.some of them are randomly standing up and teleporting to me when they were sitting before


 * 3. they are far away and one randomly teleports to me while it was sitting


 * WTH
 * Russell4 00:23, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Xbox 360
Can wolves have babies on the xbox 360? 69.249.8.247 15:15, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Not yet... until 1.2.3. version comes out. :) Spencer10APSC 17:52, 14 August 2012 (UTC)

Dog teleports sometimes, but not others
I play on a multiplayer server. I'll tell my dog to stay at my house, then I'll go out and about. If I don't return home for a while, my dog will teleport to me. Well, I'll be busy so I can't do anything about it, so I tell it to sit, then go home, expecting it to teleport to me like it did while I was out. And of course, it doesn't. Even after the same amount of time away from home has passed, the dog still won't teleport to me. Can anyone tell me why, and possibly a fix for this? --76.203.6.54 23:54, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

De-spawning wolves
I was playing Minecraft 1.3.1, and I had about 15 or so sitting wolves in my house. I went outside for a bit, and when I came back they were all missing. I don't really care because they were getting kind of annoying, but I'm just wondering if this is a bug. My house was in an NPC village if that matters. --Jerms 03:03, 10 August 2012 (UTC)


 * That happened to me too. i had some 36 wolves and after a while the would not stand up
 * then the next day i only had five wolves left, why!!!!!!!!!????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ooooh! that happens to me two! I hate this bug. Its probably the OLDEST BUG in the game. I had two Wolves in side the top floor of my sky scraper, and went to another town in my map. and when I came back, they just disappeared, with out a trace! I wish we knew why this happens! here is the bad part, this has happened in the fallowing versions: Starting in Beta: 1.6.6. 1.9 Pre1. Official game: 1.0.0 (was one of the biggest bugs at the time). 1.2.5. and so far 1.3.1. well thats it. but Please, Sign your posts with 4 ~. :) Spencer10APSC 18:03, 14 August 2012 (UTC) It happened to me once to. I was playing GGSP's world and left the house they had built-it had 5 or so wolves in it-and when I came back-they were all gone! It has never happened before.WHAT IS WITH THIS BUG --DragonMaster99 09:44, 2 November 2012 (UTC)DragonMaster99

Old bug removal Notice.
Hey there, I and others (if they have not already) are taking a look at the bugs list. I have Noticed that some bugs like the "If a wolf is swimming, Minecraft will sometimes play the "shaking" sound." Bug does not sound right or it may be a old or fixed bug. There are a lot of other bugs here that need to be changed or removed. Please help if you can, the more users that can validate or invalidate these bugs, the better. NOTE: If you can, try to reproduce these bugs. If you could not reproduce any bugs, please remove the bugs you could not reproduce. BUT, BE VERY SURE ABOUT IT BEFORE REMOVING ANY BUGS! Hope to have some help. Thanks. Spencer10APSC 19:25, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

SSP untaming may have been fixed
Throughout this article (and Tutorials/Wolves), it is noted that in SSP, logging out and back in again causes wolves to become wild once again. However, currently playing 1.3, this is not happening. The only potentially relevant mod I can think of that I'm running is Optifine, but unless that's fixing it, I think that bug may have been fixed. Figured I'd post here for comment, in case I'm an exception, rather than editing the article. 75.154.125.95

Tamed wolves Forgiving?
On multiplayer, when someone else has a tamed wolf, and you attack either that player or their wolf, so the wolf then attacks you, is it possible to make the wolf forgive you? Or do you just have to kill it and let the other player find a new wolf? --96.227.79.50 19:53, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

I just was looking this up to find out myself, since I punched my wife as a joke and she punched me back and they got mad, and by the time I went back they had forgiven her so I guess so... maybe just make them sit in between.

File:Wolf_(tamed).png
Should this be a GIF image with each color of the wolf's collar? I cannot/do not know how to create a GIF image. <font color= "Red">#trigger_hurt (I 16:29, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

What happens when you shoot wild wolves with a bow (cause i did that)
WHAT IN THE WORLD HAPPENED????!!!! their eyes turn RED HELP!!!!! firegodzille2000 December29,2012


 * Maybe they don't appreciate being shot. So don't do that. -- Orthotope 20:12, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

They all get mad and will not forgive you until you kill them or if you die.

Heavily glitched wolf appearance graphic
I went onto the Wolf wiki page, and I was like "Whoah!" because the appearance graphic was so big it was pushing out of the information box. I couldn't figure out how to fix it...could someone please do that for me? Miraklemax 14:45, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Good. It's back to normal.Miraklemax 14:45, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Wolves seem to take less damage from mobs than players
I was playing around, making a wolf fight certain mobs one on one and noticed they take less damage from them. Endermen deal 3.5 hearts on normal, which is the damage they deal to other mobs as well. It should be able to kill a tamed Wolf, which has 10 hearts, in three hits. However, it takes five. Same thing with Zombie Pigmen. They deal 4.5 hearts on normal and to other mobs, but it takes 4 hits to kill a tamed wolf when it should take 3. Is this a bug?Chumbanotz 01:31, 14 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Hmmm. I haven't noticed that before. I don't know whether that's a bug or not. Miraklemax 14:47, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
 * I suspect they have an innate armor rating, which would reduce the damage they take. --Mental Mouse 13:39, 11 March 2013 (UTC)


 * It's not actually armor, but they do have an innate damage resistance to most attacks. Specifically, when attacked by an entity that is not a player or arrow, they take (attackdamage + 1) / 2 damage instead of attackdamage. For example, they take 4 damage (two hearts) from endermen, and 5 damage (2.5 hearts) from zombie pigmen. Other sources of damage (player attacks, skeleton arrows, falling, explosions, etc.) are not reduced. -- Orthotope 18:43, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

Tamed wolf growling at me
I read all the posts looking for this problem, and mine is a little different. I feed my wolf everyday. I went mining for three days, and when I came back it was growling at me. I fed it but it didn't help. It still looks normal though. I have not tried to make it stand because I thought it might attack. Is there anything I can do? I on a multi player server. Thanks.108.226.98.134 06:58, 27 February 2013 (UTC)Pumpkinmoonsong.
 * Does it enter "love mode" if you keep feeding it? If not, you might have a problem.  Try feeding it a few bones, see if you can re-tame it. --Mental Mouse 13:44, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

Tamed wolves with different coat colours
I've tamed a couple of wolves, and one of them seems to be a much darker colour than the other. I thought it was just in shade, but even sitting in a bright spot and not clipping into anything it's dark grey, nearly black. (I didn't notice an unusual colour before taming it, although there were no others nearby to compare it to).

Anyone else noticed this? Do dogs have different colours now (like cats) or do I just have a glitchy wolf? 90.204.92.241 11:32, 5 April 2013 (UTC)


 * It's a glitch. I used to have the same problem where some dogs would just be very close to black, even when in full daylight sunshine. I don't know if there is any solution to it, except for getting a new dog. -- Numbermaniac  - T  - C 00:27, 6 April 2013 (UTC)

headless wolves
there were some wolves that I attacked and when they turned angry their heads disapeared, when they got wet I saw their head until they shook it off. Does this happen with other mobs?Coffe789 03:15, 28 April 2013 (UTC)