Hunters unable to tame pets

The hunter quest line to get your pet skills seems to be working as intended.  However, every time a hunter tried to tame a beast, the following shows up on the server:

Create pet
attempt to summon pet (Entry 113) without owner! Attempt terminated.
Pet::InitStatsForLevel() failed for creature (Entry: 113)!

This happens with various beasts of varying levels and has been tried in different zones as well.  I've toyed around with learning/unlearning the tame spell 1515 (and other tame spells in the system) but the result is always the message listed above, the only difference being the Entry number as different beasts are tried) 

Thanks!