diff --git a/dGame/dComponents/MovementAIComponent.cpp b/dGame/dComponents/MovementAIComponent.cpp
index e56d42757..ca392dacb 100644
--- a/dGame/dComponents/MovementAIComponent.cpp
+++ b/dGame/dComponents/MovementAIComponent.cpp
@@ -464,8 +464,11 @@ void MovementAIComponent::SetDestination(const NiPoint3 destination) {
 
 	// The path is walked without collision, so an enemy's stops at walls it can't cross (navmesh carvers, enemy only
 	// blockers); with nothing left to walk it stays where it is. A patrol along its level path is left as designed.
+	// Pets are walked here too, and their group (3) is the one the pet ranch's "PR - Pet Blocker" (group 18) touches:
+	// the client's filter lets pets collide with it and players through.
 	const bool patrolling = m_Path && m_BaseCombatAI && m_BaseCombatAI->GetState() == AiState::idle;
-	if (m_BaseCombatAI && !patrolling) {
+	const bool isPet = m_Parent->HasComponent(eReplicaComponentType::PET);
+	if ((m_BaseCombatAI && !patrolling) || isPet) {
 		computedPath = dpWorld::ClampPath(m_Parent->GetPosition(), std::move(computedPath), static_cast<uint32_t>(m_Parent->GetCollisionGroup()));
 		if (computedPath.empty()) computedPath.push_back(m_Parent->GetPosition());
 	}