missing pets

I have a co-op game on my xbox XS where my pets have completely disappeared from the game on multiple occasions. The water bowls become completely unusable after. Please fix this.

I’m using Xbox and doing split screen multiplayer with partner and kid. Before the 1.6 update an alien tube appeared on the farm and our cat and dog disappeared. We assumed whatever broke free ate it lol. But we were new at the game. Now there’s been an update and it’s been a few months. I...