# Domesticating dogs
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/domesticating-dogs/19526
**Category:** The Bunker
**Created:** [April 4, 2019, 5:17am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/domesticating-dogs/19526 "2019-04-04T05:17:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@Grimm\_Spector](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Grimm_Spector)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2019, 5:17am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/domesticating-dogs/19526/1 "2019-04-04T05:17:05Z")
Dog food makes dogs non hostile, and I can then examine them and tie them in place with a short rope. But the only way to get them to go somewhere seems to be an animal locker which must be in a vehicle. Seems kind of silly, I’d love to be able to train them, get them to follow me, so they don’t just guaranteed die to zombies…
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### Author:  [@mlangsdorf](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/mlangsdorf)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2019, 11:49am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/domesticating-dogs/19526/2 "2019-04-04T11:49:42Z")
You can use a dog whistle to give them limited commands, and you can put kevlar dog harnesses on them to substantially improve their armor and survival odds.
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### Author:  [@Wojtek94](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Wojtek94)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2019, 1:17pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/domesticating-dogs/19526/3 "2019-04-04T13:17:22Z")
Unfortunately, dogs usually stay behind characters, consequently, they will disapear if we move quite fast. Players have to wait for their dog. I know that it is realistic (taming animals is not that easy like in Far Cry Primal) but also very annoying
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### Author:  [@Grimm\_Spector](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Grimm_Spector)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2019, 4:47pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/domesticating-dogs/19526/4 "2019-04-04T16:47:06Z")
> [@mlangsdorf](#):
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> You can use a dog whistle to give them limited commands, and you can put kevlar dog harnesses on them to substantially improve their armor and survival odds.
Oh that’s interesting, I wonder where I can find the harnesses. I thought I’d see them on the Z-9 police dogs, but no dice.
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### Author:  [@MamaLlama](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/MamaLlama)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2019, 12:57am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/domesticating-dogs/19526/5 "2019-04-05T00:57:15Z")
There are also regular pet-carriers that don’t need to be mounted to a vehicle. You can usually pick one up around an animal shelter. The one time I had a dog that’s what I used to move it around.
These days I stick with livestock carriers and cows tho 🐄
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### Author:  [@Grimm\_Spector](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Grimm_Spector)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2019, 4:30am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/domesticating-dogs/19526/6 "2019-04-05T04:30:17Z")
Ah, I was unaware, good to know, hopefully I can find some. Wait are you saying cows can be moved in the little animal carriers? I’ve avoided the cows because I’m not sure how to manage them lol
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### Author:  [@ppanda0421](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ppanda0421)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2019, 5:10am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/domesticating-dogs/19526/7 "2019-04-05T05:10:41Z")
The cows, pigs, sheep and horses fit in the livestock carrier (stall). Having the ability to transport them around was an excellent idea. I found some cows, pigs and sheep and tied them up. Eventually they reproduced and now I have an endless supply of meat, fat, stomachs, livers, brains, lungs etc. :). Beats farming ants lol.
Note: I modded the json file for all of the above’s offspring to be tameable as well as making pigs tameable.
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### Author:  [@Grimm\_Spector](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Grimm_Spector)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2019, 5:42am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/domesticating-dogs/19526/8 "2019-04-05T05:42:26Z")
Yea the not being able to tame offspring thing is silly, animals become **more** trainable over successive generations.
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### Author:  [@mlangsdorf](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/mlangsdorf)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2019, 11:33am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/domesticating-dogs/19526/9 "2019-04-05T11:33:51Z")
You can’t instantly tame young animals and I haven’t written the code to allow you to tame them through successive feedings.
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### Author:  [@Grimm\_Spector](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Grimm_Spector)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2019, 3:28pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/domesticating-dogs/19526/10 "2019-04-05T15:28:41Z")
Ah so the intention is to make them trainable over time? That’s good.
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### Author:  [@mlangsdorf](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/mlangsdorf)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2019, 10:00pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/domesticating-dogs/19526/11 "2019-04-05T22:00:25Z")
Intention is a strong word. It’s how I want it to work, I know I can do it. I don’t have a plan for when I’m going to write it.