Known Existence: July 2002
It was hoped that the latest "fixes" for fire breathers losing their breath would actually fix them. Instead, it has made fire breath very unstable. This plagues both wild and tame fire breathers. They will rarely breathe fire more than once per "fight", and sometimes not at all.
Solution: Do not rely on a pet's breath weapon. However, repeatedly commanding the fire breather to stop and then attack again can cause it to repeatedly use its fire breath.