[MC-157494] Tamed animals no longer teleport to players properly

The bug

Since the 1.14.4 update, tamed pets (have only tested with parrots and dogs thus far) no longer teleport to the player, and instead get left behind. If within render distance, the pet will continue to walk/fly towards the player but will not teleport, even under circumstances where they would have on prior versions of MC. Tested both on single-player and multi-player.

In the attached video, I showcase some behavior that would previously result in tamed pets teleporting to the player. The video shows the new behavior wherein they will NOT teleport, even within eyesight.

Linked issues

is cloned by 1

MC-270316 Tamed wolves disappear upon chunks unloading from your death (despite this being "fixed"). Resolved

is duplicated by 33

MC-155590 Pets Stop Teleporting Resolved

MC-156211 Tamed animals (wolves, cats, parrots) don't propely teleport in 1.14.4 pre2-7 Resolved

MC-157342 My parrots will no longer teleport to me in 1.14.4 ever. I haven't seen them teleport at all after this update. They will still attempt to follow me but I am too fast for them to keep up with. Resolved

MC-157383 Pets are not teleporting and cannot breed Resolved

MC-157513 Tamed Dogs And Cats are not able to teleport to player while using horse Resolved

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relates to 2

MC-145021 Tamed animals are not able to teleport to the player when they are on the snow layer blocks Resolved

MC-156005 Tamed wolves do no longer teleport to the player when they're in water Resolved

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Comments 19

Satan 2019-07-24T09:41:04Z

Could reproduce this issue on 1.14.4 singleplayer creative.

Mihajlo Radosevic 2019-07-24T11:30:45Z

Reproduced the issue in both Singleplayer and Multiplayer survival. They will not teleport even tho they're in a loaded chunk.

robbage 2019-07-24T21:40:00Z

Tamed wolves are very erratic for me with 1.14.4

Sometimes they teleport, sometimes they don't. Not sure what conditions are causing them not to, but it's most noticeable in complex caves

Shinrod Dellore 2019-07-27T12:57:49Z

Can confirm (1.14.4): sometimes they teleport and sometimes they don't (even though the chunks are properly loaded).

Christophe Siewecke 2019-07-30T20:31:31Z

Can confirm that this is happening in both single player and on a multiplayer server I have been playing on.

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Dylan Thomas 2019-08-02T01:11:46Z

It started in 1.14.3 for me (normal singleplayer Survival Mode on Windows 10) and has continued into 1.14.4. In one instance, five tamed wolves (including a puppy) didn't teleport to me after chasing a skeleton in the Extreme Hills biome. Several weeks later I found them floating in the ocean, and the puppy hadn't grown into an adult wolf. Seems that they tried to follow my player character over land and got stuck in the water. After getting them back, they now teleport over land, but will not teleport over water blocks and try to swim across instead, regardless of biome and the distance between land blocks..

Jan Cooper 2019-08-04T17:01:48Z

My cats mostly don't teleport, but sometimes they do. There seems no logic between when they do and when they don't.

Angela Connor 2019-08-14T23:31:00Z

Haven't tried wolves, but no parrots will teleport and I've had one recent cat that wouldn't, either.

Cole Burgan 2019-08-16T20:00:13Z

I would have this happen to me many times. Lost a lot of wolfs in the process.

1.14.4

Java

Lucas Miranda 2019-08-27T12:51:27Z

Noticed a couple times with cats but it always happened to me with parrots.

goigle 2019-09-04T21:52:58Z

This has been happening since way before 1.14.4 I believe:

https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-63603

Happens on Debian 1.14.4 server, especially noticeable during new chunk generation

Saverio 2019-09-05T12:58:57Z

in my world in three weeks ago I took a parrot but flying with the elite up to 2000 blocks away I noticed that he had not teleported home so I had to use / summon to avoid having to take the parrot that was too far away.
I remember that in old versions my animals were transported wherever I went.

P.S.
I had a problem with a cat that did not teleport to me even though I walked away but it was always going around the bed with my checkpoint I had to break the bed to follow me, obviously on foot because otherwise there would be no tp for too much distance between me and him.
I hope you solve this problem thanks!

Dylan Thomas 2019-09-05T14:30:23Z

Tamed wolves who either walk or teleport into fenced-off areas also can't teleport out. I'll usually have to have them sit outside or else lead all my livestock out of the paddock just to get my wolf out.

Recently one of my tamed wolves disappeared while fighting some hostile mobs above my house (which is built under a lake, maybe that was the problem), only to re-materialize in a branch mine several reloads later. That was weird.

Cameron Hunt 2019-09-09T04:50:43Z

Testing in a super flat world, it seems that wolfs only teleport after jumping to get over a block in their way. They will not teleport while running, or while trapped somewhere they will not jump. They will also not teleport to the player while swimming.

Jonas Abrahamsen Alfsen Hovstø 2019-09-11T10:43:56Z

same with cats

Mikayla Batt 2019-09-28T19:18:35Z

Is anyone else still having trouble with this?

[Mod] violine1101 2019-09-29T11:28:40Z

This issue will be fixed in 1.15. The fix is already available in the latest development versions of the game, but will arrive later if you're playing on release versions.

gregopeck 2019-11-23T22:38:03Z

I tamed a wolf and used "/kill" and it teleported to my spawn point. So, this works in 1.15 Pre-Release 1 for Java, but could we please also get it to work for Bedrock Edition? I'm using Beta 1.14.05.1, which is pretty much equivalent to Java 1.15 Pre-Release/Snapshots. I realize this belongs in the Bedrock section, but similar Bedrock issues are linked to similar Java issues.

[Mod] violine1101 2019-12-08T11:17:45Z

Please go over to the Bedrock Edition project if you have issues with Bedrock Edition. The two editions have two completely separate codebases.