Missing NPC Pets on new saves

When creating a new save file all of the normal npc pets are missing - like Katriona's cats in Brindleton bay.  For one person they would show up on the picture, but not actually be in CAS or in game.

I'm not sure if this is actually mod related or not.  The couple of us that have noticed do mod, but had the same thing happen when we loaded up a new save with no mods/cleared cache.  I mentioned this to Luth, attaching mod lists here.