Animals lose ownership memory when exiting and re-entering worlds

When entering into a minecraft world on my computer the pet animals that i had would no longer obey me - sit, stand, teleport, follow - it is not a one time thing as it happens every time I come back on after taming new animals. it can be very annoying as if they escape it is near impossible to retrieve them without tedious boat rides or annoyingly slow chases of cats with a salmon in hand