--- title: Pets Support While You Code | daily.dev description: VS Code Pets is a fun extension that lets you spawn animated pets (dogs, chickens, foxes, and more) in the bottom corner of VS Code while you work. You can add... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/pets-support-while-you-code-f2uu7tmf0 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Pets Support While You Code | daily.dev og:description: VS Code Pets is a fun extension that lets you spawn animated pets (dogs, chickens, foxes, and more) in the bottom corner of VS Code while you work. You can add... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/pets-support-while-you-code-f2uu7tmf0 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/F2UU7TmF0.png og:image:alt: Pets Support While You Code og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Pets Support While You Code **[Visual Studio Code](https://daily.dev/sources/vscode)** · 1 min read · 18 upvotes · 5 comments ## Summary VS Code Pets is a fun extension that lets you spawn animated pets (dogs, chickens, foxes, and more) in the bottom corner of VS Code while you work. You can add multiple pets and even customize colors. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@thedevalex** · 2 upvotes > I still love this extension. Adds a fun element **@ivqonsanada** · 1 upvotes > i thought its new one, as i actually have this similar system as well on my website xD, turns out the extension already long time ago, looks very similar **@kartersanamo** · 1 upvotes > this feels like a computer science student’s side project and i love it **@somethingsomethingpython** · 1 upvotes > def getting this!!!!!!!!!!!! **@springtofigh** · 0 upvotes > Now you can code in VS Code with animal farms 😂 ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don't know what to do while your agents work? The VS Code team has an answer.](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-know-what-to-do-while-your-agents-work-the-vs-code-team-has-an-answer--hbq5ddqpt) · The Art of Simplicity · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [What Is Codex Pet](https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-codex-pet-23jkvp9ff) · C\# Corner · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#vscode](https://daily.dev/tags/vscode) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/pets-support-while-you-code-f2uu7tmf0) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Pets Support While You Code","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/pets-support-while-you-code-f2uu7tmf0","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/pets-support-while-you-code-f2uu7tmf0"},"datePublished":"2026-04-23T14:19:28.782Z","dateModified":"2026-04-23T14:19:42.460Z","description":"VS Code Pets is a fun extension that lets you spawn animated pets (dogs, chickens, foxes, and more) in the bottom corner of VS Code while you work. 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