....My poor hyena... [EDIT: dogs!][MOAR EDIT: Hyena found!]

[Phantomwolf]

NOOOO!! I have to go retame my little hyena now, I can't stand the thought of losing him. I always would switch pets in and out for my last stable slot since I didn't know what I wanted but Arcuturis be gone I am going to get my little red back simply because I always loved that skin.

[Zeilla8]

Is it a colour changer or does it stay brown, Z?

Looks brown to me, but I'm a bit color blind. :/ Here's a screeny

[Sarayana]

Hah, great name! xD Thanks for checking. I like the colour changers sometimes, but I feel like a dog shouldn't be changing colours... *shrug*

[Makoes]

My hearts been bleeding since I first saw this post. Nanaki and I have been partners since lv 32, when I was first able to tame the Red hyena! It's one thing for blizzard to change a skin, its another for them to change the skin AND the family, while still retaining the same pet ID#.
This is one change that I am really &*$!!!%^&%^&%^&^%&%^&^$%^#$^$#%^%^$%^$%^^#%@#%@%^%^&^*^&$#$%#^ off about...to put mildly.

Nanaki is THEE one pet I love above all others, there is a very special storry behind his tame and the person who helped me to get him. Nanaki IS my Partner, the other half of my Hunter.

[Sarayana]

My hearts been bleeding since I first saw this post. Nanaki and I have been partners since lv 32, when I was first able to tame the Red hyena! It's one thing for blizzard to change a skin, its another for them to change the skin AND the family, while still retaining the same pet ID#.
This is one change that I am really &*$!!!%^&%^&%^&^%&%^&^$%^#$^$#%^%^$%^$%^^#%@#%@%^%^&^*^&$#$%#^ off about...to put mildly.

Nanaki is THEE one pet I love above all others, there is a very special storry behind his tame and the person who helped me to get him. Nanaki IS my Partner, the other half of my Hunter.

Don't get upset yet - they may still change the id. If you're worried about it though, I'd recommend starting a suggestion thread on the beta forums. Point out that people are worried about having their beloved pet change completely. Perhaps they'll listen.

[Vephriel]

Especially considering the pet family itself is changing to a completely different type....it's one thing to change the colour of a pet you already had (Silvermane Stalkers), but to suddenly have not only a new pet, a new skin, AND a new family....I can't see them not changing the NPC IDs really.

[Makoes]

for now, I am holding my breath and waiting to see what happens after the pets get thier pass over. I am hoping that it'll get sorted out, in the meantime I sit here worring, hoping that things will be alright.

[Makoes]

Any new news on wether or not this is still the same, or is there news on when the pet pass will occure??

[Wain]

According to the last cata.wowhead update they still have the same ID, so the beast should still turn into a mastiff when switching from live to beta. But then Wowhead is over a week out of date now.

One thing people with beta access can do is simply enter the monastery and leave a suggestion on the Scarlet Tracking Hound that they should assign it a new ID to avoid this translation issue.