Well, it seems it may be happening again as with previous updates. I found and tamed two dogs. I saved the world and on another day logged on played and didn't notice, until I didn't hear barking. I checked places I had been and found no trace of said tamed wolves.
Anyone else had this problem? Really kinda annoying. :\
If you commanded them to sit, they won't teleport. Or they shouldn't. But that sucks. Given the hell I had to go through to even find a wolf in my current world (although post-TU15 they're much more common) I'd be pretty unhappy if any of my pack disappeared. I haven't yet had a dog or cat disappear but I have had a minor reoccuring issue of when I log back into my current game, one dog or cat that I had commanded to sit somewhere is up and following me around. I notice this as I have so many dogs and cats right now that I park them in specific areas I've "assigned" them rather than have them follow me, expect for an occasional hunting trip, and then I only take the same pair of dogs. It make it easier to keep track of all of them. But I have noticed this weird little issue of them up and runnign around when I log back in is only happening with dogs and cats sitting outside of my treehouse--it never happens with the ones up in the treehouse and the ones I've left parked at my house in the village. Just the ones in areas that other newly spawned mobs, like sheep and pigs, might show up. I kind of wonder if that's part of the issue, the game getting sitting dogs and cats confused with other more recently spawned mobs. Dunno.
I infact have had this problem many times before. My friend had a ton of dogs, about 16 (i don't know how many dogs you can spawn :I), and one day she looked in her house and they were all gone. We looked everywhere. She was no where near lava, gravel, or water, so her dogs couldn't have teleported to her and died. Many of my dogs have gone "poof" too. My cousin and I made a big town world with a mansion built inside a mountain. We have own own cat room and dog room. I could have sworn with both of our dogs combined, there were at LEAST 21 dogs there. When i looked back there today, there were about 12. And, like ORabbit quoted, i have found many dogs scattered about my world. I'm guessing they have somehow gotten up and sat back down, due to the fact that if you have a dog standing up when you save and exit a world, when you come back they will be sitting down. Therefore, they must have gotten up somehow. I'm pretty sure will fix this in the new update, if word goes round.
I have this problem all the time. Its been going on for some time now. But I think i have a workaround. Once a day, maybe in the morning, feed them. Rotten flesh, steak, anything. Then, take them for a short walk. Maybe have them kill something. Interacting with them should keep them present. Let me know if this works for you
Anyone else had this problem? Really kinda annoying. :\
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Good. Send them hunting.