[williestargell]

Yes, you have to compare the hits or if it's a fire pet you can tell sometimes by the amount of the DS non-melee hits to tell once the pet cons blue

Personally, I think you'll exp faster if you reclaim your pet every mob and I wouldn't worry which pet you get if you are soloing for exp. Don't try to outdamage the pet, that takes a ton of mana. Summon the pet, let it beat the mob down until the mob runs, back-off the pet, reclaim the pet, nuke the mob once to finish it, summon new pet and go to the next mob.