How to solve the problem with character movement?

Question

Unity

Hello. Quite a hackneyed question, but still. There is a player who can move. The dog always follows him. When the dog reaches the point (the point is a transform that moves after the player), it starts to spin, I understand why this is happening, I tried to solve this problem with a conditionally allowable distance at which the dog can stop ( {Vector2.Distance(dog, point ) < tolerance}). But because of this, the dog seems to walk in jerks, even if the player walks continuously forward. The selection of a conditionally permissible distance did not give any special results. Maybe there is some universal way to solve this problem?

Answer 1

Is it possible to make the dog move through Mathf.Lerp or MoveTowards?

Answer 2

Maybe it’s better to do a dog through NavMesh, and if you stop moving when the distance does not allow, then what’s the problem?)

Answer 3

Why would a dog follow a player all the time? Make 2 triggers, one near the player, if the dog hits him, the movement script is cut out, the second with a certain radius, if the dog leaves him, the script turns on.
Or use for this not triggers, but the distance to the player (The owner is far? Go after him. The owner is close? Sit, look, so as not to go far).