At the time of writing this, the Better Dogs resource pack has been out for less than a month. However, it has received an incredible amount of praise from the community in this short time and already has more than 18,000 downloads. As more players realize how unique and extraordinary this texture pack is, we fully expect this number to increase exponentially. While most resource packs that you find in the Minecraft world make changes to the already existing game blocks and items, the Better Dogs resource pack takes things to a whole other level. This pack changes the wolves’ textures in the game and adds many more dog breeds that come in many different colors. Keep in mind, this is a resource pack, not a mod. This means it is easily installed, the same way you would usually install any other Minecraft resource pack. This pack is going to let you get a specific type of dog while you are playing Minecraft.
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And the steps are simple. First, you are going to tame a wolf. This newly tamed wolf will turn into a random dog. In some cases, it will remain a wolf when tamed. If you want a specific breed of dog, you can change the dogs breed, and name it using name tags. To do this, the name tag must include one of the words on the “supported name tags list,” which you can find lower down on this page. The Better Dog resource pack comes in 16×16 resolution, which means you aren’t going to have to worry about performance drops. While this resource pack is made to work on virtually any device, it does require optifine to work regardless of the hardware capabilities. You may get a message asking if you are sure that you wish to load the pack as it was created for a newer or older version of Minecraft, click yes and the pack will load correctly. To ensure that this resource pack works the way you expect it to, enable custom entity models and random entities in Minecraft’s settings.
Better Dogs should be compatible with all of these Minecraft versions: 1.21.7 - 1.21.6 - 1.21.5 - 1.21.4 - 1.21.3 - 1.21.2 - 1.21.1 - 1.21 - 1.20.6 - 1.20.5 - 1.20.4 - 1.20.3 - 1.20.2 - 1.20.1 - 1.20 - 1.19.4 - 1.19.3 - 1.19.2 - 1.19.1 - 1.19 - 1.18.2 - 1.18.1 - 1.18 - 1.17.1 - 1.17 - 1.16.5 - 1.16.4 - 1.16.3 - 1.16.2 - 1.16.1 - 1.16 - 1.15.2 - 1.15.1 - 1.15 - 1.14.4 - 1.14.3 - 1.14.2 - 1.14 - 1.13.2 - 1.13.1 - 1.13 - 1.12.2 - 1.12 - 1.11.2 - 1.11 - 1.10.2 - 1.10 - 1.9.4 - 1.9 - 1.8.9 - 1.8.8 - 1.8.1 - 1.8.6 - 1.8
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How to install Better Dogs Resource Pack:
- Most resource packs require Optifine, so be sure to download and install it. – general recommended step for all packs, Optifine is also needed for most shaders
- Download the Better Dogs texture pack for Minecraft from the download section below. – if there are many different versions, just choose the one you like, is compatible with your version/edition of Minecraft, the one you think your computer can handle in terms of performance.
- Launch the game client through the Minecraft launcher.
- On the main menu, click "Options".
- On the options menu, click "Resource Packs...".
- Click on "Open Resource Pack Folder". – folder titled "resourcepacks" will pop up
- Move the .zip file you downloaded in the first step to the newly opened "resourcepacks" folder.
- Click "Done".
- Click on "Resource Packs..." again.
- Your pack should have appeared in the left window, just hover over it and click on the arrow pointing to the right.
QUICK TIP: Sometimes, when activating a pack, the game may say that the pack is made for a newer or older version of Minecraft. This is just a warning, it does not affect your gameplay in anyway, and you can still activate and enjoy the pack by simply clicking the "Yes" button when prompted.
- Click "Done" again.
- The pack has now been successfully loaded and ready to be used in your world!
Supported name tags:
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Java Edition:
[16x] [1.21.x – 1.8.x] Download Better Dogs Resource Pack
Seperate versions (Java Edition):
Special versions (Java Edition):
Curseforge: download starts automatically after a few seconds;
Mediafire: click the big blue button with the text "DOWNLOAD";
Google Drive: in the top right corner you will see a small download icon (down arrow), click it and the download should start;
1,254 votes
Look.. 1254 users have already liked this pack. Give a diamond if you like it too!
gambilljay7
does it work with 1.8.8
Admin
It should work just fine.
Aaron Steele
hello I love dogs so this will be very nice = )
Nev
If the resource pack is not working and it seems that the dogs are a random combination it’s because you’re using another resource pack that is interrupting it. Just take all of them off and one by one check which pack is causing the random combination. Hope this helps <3
Dalla
It make me so happy :D
crow
they’re so cute it genuinely made me cry. my heeartt
Sarah
Okay one of the dog types that I get is just a regular wolf, and the other looks like an eldritch beast or like a combination of all dog types or something. I only get 2 kinds. I have optifine and the pack is compatible. Very strange
bunni
you have to rename them to the breed you want
Bux
Hi, I can’t change the name of my dogs, without it also changing to another breed. How do I fix this? Cause I wanted the short haired Chih Tzu, but it changed into a Border Collie when I renamed him Bowie
Yul
I LOVE THIS!
Audacity
I just killed all of my dogs on my friends minecraft server only to realize I need optifine 😭😭😭
Help
Everything is working but is tehre a way to sync the race on a server? I saw a terrier and my friend saw a husky
Help
Okay so my friend is seeing just the wolf model, we both have the same optifine and the same texturepack version installed. Any Ideas on how to fix it?
Cunctator
Is there a way to change the race of the dog AND put a custom name without showing that I changed the race?
Jacobdagamer12
The dogs look like sticks. the pack isn’t loading
betyte
yeah same someone please help it used to work earlier :((
betyte
Try downloading OptiFine, it helped me!!
Harrison
This is so good i somehow got it on minecraft bedrock education though and it was so fun with the bulldog and i love them there so sensetive and can see your emotions In real life :) :) :) :) :)
karo
I don’t understand what part of the download I have to put into the resource packs folder
Rosethesaint
The dogs arnt working on 1.19.4 i have optifine and all all my others work this is just out of date
randy
Does this not work with sodium?
s
I have optifine and the right version 1.16.5 and the dogs are still 2 lines nothing workes Optifine is the same version and still this pack does not work.
I
what I have to do if my dogs doesn’t looking like dog. I try to downloaud Opifine but its not for free?
Admin
You need optifine for this pack to work. Optifine is completely free.
Maissanne
Hi, I have optifine and everything that you asked to be on is on, the resource pack is active and I’ve got all the required mods but the dogs looks like stick :( I’m on 1.12.2
i
why do my dogs dont look like dogs
Minecraft Player
can you make one for Bedrock Edition please
A
Why do my dogs not look like dogs??? Its all glitched and weird, what do I do, I tried to search for what to do but I still don’t know????
Storm
You need to install Opifine if you haven’t yet
Wirus
I would like to see more dog breeds in the resource pack
Its amazing!
Patricia?!
Does anyone know if this texture pack works with Fresh Animations.
Rei
Have the texture pack at the top of the list and the fresh animations at the bottom so it does not interfere with other texture packs.
cool
THIS IS AWESOME!!!! i tottaly love it
deadly
i love the dogs, they’re so cute!
one problem is I can’t seem to figure out how to name them my own names without them changing into a new dog… when I tried naming my bulldog “chilli” it changed into a husky… kinda weird :/ gonna have to live with my dogs name being their breeds name I guess :/
anonymous
Some specific names are supposed to change a dog to a different breed. Chilli = Husky
Ex. naming a dog “db” would change it from a husky to a doberman pinscher
mars
i have the same problem but how do i know what names will work?
Becca
Uhhhh whenever i use this pack it only makes the dogs look like lines. like they do not resemble a dog in the slightest
ant
same bruh