Can't resummon Chocobo companion after death

[darksoulvii]

Fighting with Choco-buddy, die, choco still fights, raise back in New Gridania, try to resummon Choco-buddy, nothing happens, waste gysahl greens.

That's the jist of it.

[Sensu]

I have been experiencing a similar problem (PS3). For me, my Chocobo remains in one position even though I have moved somewhere else. When I put it on follow, nothing happens. When I attack a mob, I see a line coming from *somewhere*, letting me know that my Chocobo has targeted the mob and is planning to attack it - even though the Chocobo is nowhere to be found. I can't resummon it, so I have to withdraw it and then summon it again. Total waste of the Gysahls indeed, but also a waste of time having to do that constantly. And by constantly I actually mean constantly, because it happens to me 9/10 times when I summon Kiwi to battle.