[MC-10109] Cats stand up if player is hit by mob nearby

If this is a feature, I don't know why. If you get hit by a skeleton/other mob by your sitting cats, they will stand up till the monster is killed. I don't know why the cats would stand up. It's not like they chase the monster away.

Sidenote: I can push my cat into a wall and it will suffocate and die. I have just lost 8 cats in the last 10 minutes because of this. It happens also when they grow up.

Linked issues

duplicates 1

MC-696 Pets disobeying sit commands by helping player when attacked and within a certain radius Resolved

Comments 19

Tails 2013-02-21T21:55:38Z

Confirmed.

Orion Humphrey 2013-03-05T03:42:55Z

This also happens from a distance. My friend hit me a few hundred blocks away and a cat teleported. Hit me again and another cat came.

Orion Humphrey 2013-03-06T00:11:36Z

Some times my friend will dumb water on my cat so it teleports to me but sometimes I get more than one cat. I got 3 once. It might be a dupe.

branza 2013-03-13T18:33:50Z

Confirmed in 1.5.

Marios 2013-05-03T22:57:20Z

Affects 1.5.2

9 more comments

Nat 2013-06-28T07:22:09Z

affects 1.6, i also have this issue.

Ezekiel 2013-07-10T02:04:22Z

Is this still a concern in the current Minecraft version? If so, please update the affected versions in order to best aid Mojang ensuring bugs are still valid in the latest releases/pre-releases.

Orion Humphrey 2013-07-10T06:47:20Z

It seems to be even worse now when they teleport if something hit you recently.

Walter van den Berg 2013-07-14T23:18:16Z

Not sure if this is a different issue, as I did get hit and my cats did...well...teleport.

So how is my house set up? The cats are in a stonebrick room, about 8x3* blocks, with wooden planks as floor and ceiling (room is 3* blocks tall) and a door in one of the 3x3 walls. No pressure plate.
Outside is agarden, more doors etc as it's basically a castle.

I tried to sleep, but monsters were near, so I went to hunt them; got hit at least once in the process; still failing to sleep I go to the cellar and I could sleep in my bed in there.
But ten...

I went back upstairs, and saw one of my cats (I kind of neglect them; never fed them). After having 3 in the room, relogging as I couldnt make them sit, which fixed THAT issue, I made them sit and counted 4 out of 5. Turns out one cat randomly teleported to a chest in the cellar and went to sit. Now I knew I might've needed a fish, but I could make it stand without fish, and well...eventually I had them all back in their room.

TL;DR: My cats teleport away from their place while commanded to sit at all times, and it required me to relog once to make them sit. (relog as in back to title and back into the save)**
Too bad I can't prove if there's a bug with the bed yet, there is a place the monsters might've been hiding.

*walls and ceiling not included
**did test the mouse button, and I could place my "trusty" dirt block without any problem and could punch the cat with my fist.

Edit: version 1.6.2

Orion Humphrey 2013-07-15T10:02:40Z

Having this trouble as well. It seems cats just randomly like to stand up and teleport and then you cant sit them back down. Relogging solves the issue. It would be appreciated if you made a bug report for it. This was happening to me on my 1.6.2 server.

Mary Kuhner 2013-09-15T17:09:02Z

Sitting cats teleport to me in 1.6.2 single-player survival. It does not seem to involve my being hit by a mob. I have seen both short (10-20 blocks) and very long (500+ blocks) teleports. The cats are sitting when they arrive but can be stood up normally. It happens every few days. If I have multiple cats, usually only one teleports at a time.

Orion Humphrey 2013-10-09T05:43:20Z

^ I have the exact same thing happening to me. 39b snapshot.

ZaCloud 2013-12-20T18:28:24Z

This is probably related to MC-2618 where the dogs appear to be standing (but are still in sit-mode) after you take damage nearby. This happened to me in one of my 1.5 versions. It seems like the pets can't decide between their two behaviors of "I've been told to sit" and "I'm supposed to help you!" so they get stuck somewhere in-between.

Unable to confirm if this is still happening in current release or not since I'm only doing speed-runs.

Orion Humphrey 2013-12-21T00:52:49Z

This is not the case. The cats will stand up when you get hit by a mob and then not sit down till the mob dies.

Ezekiel 2014-02-27T14:30:00Z

Is this still a concern in the latest Minecraft version 14w08a? If so, please update the affected versions in order to best aid Mojang ensuring bugs are still valid in the latest releases/pre-releases.

Paul Smith 2014-04-16T04:28:03Z

Still occurs in 14w11b, I think it's because the cats take some of the dogs' behavior. When you take damage, a dog stands up and fights. With a cat, it has no attack, so it just stands up.

Jonathan Neufeld 2014-07-02T04:04:52Z

Problem as of 1.7.9. Since cats do not attack mobs, it is not only pointless for them to stand-up when attacked, it is also disruptive as pets often come between a mob and the player's sword every now and then and resulting in the player unintentionally killing his/her pets. This is particularly frustrating with respect to cats which do not do anything in combat and constitutes a disincentive to use pets.

a 2014-08-07T19:29:54Z

combine with MC-696?

a 2014-10-24T01:22:42Z

Confirmed for 1.8.1-pre3.
Combine with MC-696?