[2019] After my animal disappeared, I returned

Hey there,

Once you log out of the game, your follower will go back to its home location, which is the last guard spot it got designated. If it doesn’t appear, please wait until the server restarts, which will also reset all followers to their guarded location. If they still don’t appear this way, make sure to check the event log (in the pause menu) to see of something else happened to them.