diff --git a/dGame/dComponents/InventoryComponent.cpp b/dGame/dComponents/InventoryComponent.cpp
index 2df5d371f..661022417 100644
--- a/dGame/dComponents/InventoryComponent.cpp
+++ b/dGame/dComponents/InventoryComponent.cpp
@@ -1879,6 +1879,11 @@ void InventoryComponent::UpdatePetXml(tinyxml2::XMLDocument& document) {
 
 	petInventoryElement->DeleteChildren();
 
+	// The client reads a as its active pet's database ID (LWOPetControlComponent::LoadFromSaveData 0x00c18120). The
+	// charxml is only read when the player loads, when no pet is out yet (a pet is summoned again after the load and
+	// registers itself), so live wrote a="0" on every character (226 live charxmls)
+	petInventoryElement->SetAttribute("a", 0);
+
 	for (const auto& pet : m_Pets) {
 		auto* petElement = document.NewElement("p");
 
@@ -1886,6 +1891,8 @@ void InventoryComponent::UpdatePetXml(tinyxml2::XMLDocument& document) {
 		petElement->SetAttribute("l", pet.second.lot);
 		petElement->SetAttribute("m", pet.second.moderationState);
 		petElement->SetAttribute("n", pet.second.name.c_str());
+		// The taming type: the client sets it to 0 for every pet added (AddPetToPlayer in
+		// LWOPetControlComponent::HandleMessage 0x00d0fe00) and live saved 0 for every pet
 		petElement->SetAttribute("t", 0);
 
 		petInventoryElement->LinkEndChild(petElement);
diff --git a/tests/dGameTests/dComponentsTests/CharacterSaveFieldsTests.cpp b/tests/dGameTests/dComponentsTests/CharacterSaveFieldsTests.cpp
index 9feb23612..6cc9c85f8 100644
--- a/tests/dGameTests/dComponentsTests/CharacterSaveFieldsTests.cpp
+++ b/tests/dGameTests/dComponentsTests/CharacterSaveFieldsTests.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 #include "GameMessages.h"
 #include "MissionComponent.h"
 #include "SkillComponent.h"
+#include "InventoryComponent.h"
+#include "DatabasePet.h"
 #include "CDSkillBehaviorTable.h"
 #include "CDClientManager.h"
 #include "eMissionLockState.h"
@@ -163,3 +165,18 @@ TEST_F(CharacterSaveFieldsTests, SkillCooldownsMissingInOldSave) {
 	skills->UpdateXml(doc);
 	EXPECT_EQ(Print(doc), R"(<obj v="1"><skil/></obj>)");
 }
+
+// <pet a="0">: live wrote the active pet as 0 on every character (the charxml is read at load, before any pet is out),
+// and each pet's taming type t as 0. Old saves without a load as before.
+TEST_F(CharacterSaveFieldsTests, PetsAsLiveWroteThem) {
+	CDClientDatabase::ExecuteDML("CREATE TABLE ComponentsRegistry (id INTEGER, component_type INTEGER, component_id INTEGER);");
+	tinyxml2::XMLDocument doc;
+	Parse(doc, R"(<obj v="1"><pet><p id="1152921510000000001" l="3254" t="0" n="Fluffy" m="2"/></pet></obj>)");
+
+	Entity player(29, info);
+	auto* const inventory = player.AddComponent<InventoryComponent>(-1);
+	inventory->LoadXml(doc); // the pets load first; there is no <inv> here
+	EXPECT_EQ(inventory->GetDatabasePet(1152921510000000001LL).lot, 3254);
+	inventory->UpdateXml(doc);
+	EXPECT_EQ(Print(doc), R"(<obj v="1"><pet a="0"><p id="1152921510000000001" l="3254" m="2" n="Fluffy" t="0"/></pet></obj>)");
+}