How do I install Protect My Pets!?

Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. Download the .jar. Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile. Opens on CurseForge — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.

What Minecraft version does Protect My Pets! work with?

The listing gives Minecraft 1.20.1, 1.21.1. This is the version stated by the author or source site, not something we verified ourselves.

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Protect My Pets!

Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.20–1.21. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.

by WereF0X · on CurseForge

Adds the Golden Tag, a special tag to give to your pets to make them invincible as long as the tag has durability.

Which build do you need?

This mod ships a separate file for every mod loader and every version of the game. Pick both, then download — the wrong build installs fine and then does nothing in the game.

Mod loader

Mod loader NeoForge1 build
Mod loader Forge1 build

Minecraft version

Minecraft 1.21.1Newest

Minecraft 1.20.1Newest

⬇ Download for 1.21.1 · NeoForge ⬇ Download for 1.20.1 · Forge

I don't know my version or loader

Open the Minecraft launcher and look at the profile you play on — it names both, like fabric-loader-1.21.4. The version also shows in the bottom-right corner of the game's main menu.

No loader in the profile name? Then it's plain Minecraft, and these mods won't run — you need Fabric or NeoForge installed first.

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Protect My Pets!

This mod adds a new item, the Golden Tag. This item can be applied to a pet to give them this tag, and they will turn invincible as long as the tag has durability.

How does it work?

When wearing the tag, your pets do not get hurt. Instead, all the damage is directed to the tag's durability. Once it reaches zero, the tag breaks, and you have to make another.

Tags cannot be repaired, but they can be taken off by pressing Shift and Right click on your pet while holding Shears. If you press Shift and Right click on your pet with nothing on your hand, you'll be able to see the pet's tag's durability.

You can also upgrade your tag with Netherite and an upgrade template to turn it into a Netherite Tag, which is unbreakable.

The Golden Tag can be crafted like this: Crafting Recipe

Configuration

Located at the corresponding location for each loader:

NeoForge: config/Protect My Pets/protect-my-pets_config.toml
Forge: world/serverconfig/Protect My Pets/protect-my-pets_config.toml

This config file allows you to customize a couple things. You can customize:

What entities the tag can be applied to (tags can be used!)
The durability of the tag (default 1500)
If tagged entities should show particles

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Quick facts

Edition: Minecraft Java
File type: .jar
Minecraft versions listed: 1.20.1, 1.21.1
How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
Where to get it: Opens on CurseForge — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.

Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.

File checked by MCModsHub

Ships as protect_my_pets-1.2.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
Download size: 30 KB
Download link checked 28 Sept 2026 — working

These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.

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