Mage question

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So I'm playing a mage to see what I'm missing out on with the whole pet thing as a wizard. I got the stuff for my focus quests and I'm level 12 now and my pets are complete monsters. Most of the time I just put the pet on stuff and sit there while it beats it to death.

Big question: Does my pets damage shield count towards its damage for reasons of me outdamaging it to get full XP on the mob? As for now my nukes are mainly for turning the tide of a tough fight for my pet. That is okay, and what I had in might. I plan on chain casting later on. But for now is my pet's damage shield part of my pets damage?