A person or animal who is obedient does what they are told to do. He was very respectful at home and obedient to his parents + obedience obedi·ence unquestioning obedience to the law + obediently obedi·ent·ly He was looking obediently at Keith, waiting for orders
dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority; "an obedient soldier"; "obedient children"; "a little man obedient to his wife"; "the obedient colonies are heavily taxed; the refractory remain unburdened"- Edmund Burke