How about, if player use animation or sitting, thrall stops to do teleports to player who he is following? Or atleast do some distance, after latest updates of game this teleportation stuff is making me sad, not only because they teleport to u when it is less needed but also for this -
I sitted on tree watching the ground when suddenly i sit on my follower head because she randomly teleported to my exact location
My suggestion is maybe ADD To teleportation location X or Y +1? not exact where player is?