I hear it in various places, but not all the time. Certain NPCs, or types of NPCs-- such as crafting merchants or bank guards-- can do this every so often. They'll yawn, stretch their arms, and roll their heads on their necks, just like a real person who has been more or less stationary for too long and who is trying to stay awake. In addition to Daggerfall, I hear it from time to time in the crafting region of Vivec City. If you spend a lot of your playtime in the crafting and merchant areas of hub cities, sooner or later you're bound to hear some yawning.

YetAnotherLinuxUser wrote: »

it's the dog trying to get your attention to start the main qiuestline in that zone.

Once you finish that quest, the dog stops trying to get your attention with the yawning sound.

The dog will stop following you and trying to get your attention after you do that quest. However, his sound is a whine, not a yawn, so it may not be the sound you are referring to.

In all my years of playing I've never noticed any yawning sounds.

It's Giblets the dog. I went through the area more slowly on one of my alts that hadn't done that quest, and I found that whenever Giblets stopped following me, and turned around and ran off (vanishing shortly after), that's when I heard the sound. It's supposed to be a whine because (s)he's feeling rejected, but (as mentioned in the linked earlier thread) it sounds a lot like a yawn.

So mystery solved: it's just another in the long list of quests that harass you until you start them, i.e. standard ESO practice.

I was in Daggerfall today and I found Giblets the dog. He was making sounds but it's not yawning sounds, it's whimpering. He is obviously sad and seeking our help.