After playing for a Sim week all was fine until the cat became quite upset after being scolded for waking her owner. She disappeared a short time later but I was able to call her back home without needing to leave the lot. Kitty returned but left a few hours later and again came home once her owner called for her. I am seeing this is happening to other players where all is fine until the pet is scolded for misbehaving. That seems to be the catalyst for the pets then taking off and not returning when called. But my cat isn't ignoring being called home this time around. Which is not what was happening before I enabled the cheat for locking kitty's motives. So at this point I am going to continue tweaking things around until the teams release a fix, I find a way to fix it myself, or I end up banging my head on my desk in total defeat. Please share your thoughts, observations or successes because this bug has to be nuked one way or the other.