All Pets in Minecraft Bedrock (for you, age 8!)

Below are the mobs you can have as pets in Minecraft Bedrock Edition (how you can make them your pet or keep them with you). I grouped them so it’s easy to understand.

1) Tameable pets — they become your pet and will follow or sit

• Dog (Wolf) — Tame with bones. After taming it becomes a dog, will follow you, and can sit.
• Cat — Tame with raw cod or raw salmon. Cats can sit, follow, and sometimes bring you presents when you sleep.
• Parrot — Tame with any seeds. Parrots can sit, follow, and copy mob sounds.
• Horse — Tame by repeatedly mounting (no item needed). Once tamed, you can put on a saddle and ride it.
• Donkey — Tame like a horse. Donkeys can wear chests so they can carry items.
• Mule — A mule is made by breeding a horse and a donkey; tame it like a horse. Mules can also carry chests.
• Llama — Tame by mounting until it stops bucking. Llamas can sit, carry items in chests, and form caravans.

2) Animals you can keep or carry (not exactly 'tame' but you can have them as pets)

• Axolotl — Not tameable, but you can pick up axolotls in a bucket (Bucket of Axolotl) and place them in your aquarium — great little pets.
• Tropical Fish, Cod, Salmon — You can capture fish in buckets and keep them in tanks.
• Turtle — You can breed turtles and keep their babies in a pen; they’re not tame but are friendly and will return to their home beach.
• Pig — You can put a saddle on a pig and ride it with a carrot on a stick. It’s rideable but not truly tamed like a dog.
• Strider (Nether) — You can saddle and control with a warped fungus on a stick to ride across lava — not a tame pet, but useful to keep with you in the Nether.
• Camels — (Added in newer updates) You can ride camels; they act like mounts you can use. Behavior can change with updates.

3) Created companions (you make them, they help you)

• Snow Golem — You build it with snow and a pumpkin. It will follow you and throw snowballs at hostile mobs.
• Iron Golem — You can create one to protect a village or yourself. It defends villagers but is not a cuddly pet.

4) Special notes (important!)

• Foxes — Foxes cannot be fully tamed. You can breed them with sweet berries; baby foxes from breeding may trust you. They will still act a bit wild.
• Bees — You can keep them in hives and farm them, but they are not tamed pets like dogs or cats.
• Naming pets — Use a name tag to name almost any pet so it doesn’t despawn and so it’s easier to tell them apart.
• Updates change things — Minecraft gets updates, so Mojang might add new pets or change how taming works. This list is correct as of mid‑2024.

How to tame — quick steps for kids

• Dogs: Find a wolf, feed bones until hearts appear — it’s your dog!
• Cats: Sneak up slowly, feed raw fish until it purrs and sits — now it’s a cat friend.
• Parrots: Feed seeds until they hop onto your shoulder or sit nearby.
• Horses/Donkeys/Mules/Llamas: Keep mounting until the wobble stops, then put on a saddle (and chest for donkeys/mules).
• Axolotls & Fish: Use a bucket to scoop them up and carry them home.

If you want, tell me which pet you like best and I can give a short step-by-step guide on how to find and tame that specific pet in Bedrock. Happy pet hunting!