I've never been a fan of the pets in ESO, I tried to use the beta monkey for a while on one of my characters, but I gave that up after the monkeys screech became too repetitive to bear. You'll notice I didn't say "his" or "her" screech, because the pets are so shallow it's hard to ever think of them as alive.

When the crown store opened, I decided to give it another go and purchased the Dune Hound for my main character, who is a Redguard. I figured it was lore fitting to have the dune hound following a redguard around Tamriel. But, the dog seems to suffer the same lack of personality that the monkey had. It literally just stands there, dead eye'ed, waiting for me to make a move. Or it'll suddenly go missing in action, and I have to re-enable it.

I don't expect the dog to attack enemies or anything crazy like that. But come on ZOS, give it a few animations where it sits down, lays down, maybe yawns and takes a quick nap, or even chases its tail for a bit. These animations could happen when your character is idle. There's really no end to the possibilities for animations that would help bring these animals to life, at least in our minds.