Quest Rewards + Pets

This may have been asked before, but searching brings up too much irrelevant information.

The question is:

Do quest rewards give exp to your pet as well?

The reason i ask this, is because hero's gain exp from completing quests, why should pets not? It is just somewhat hard to test..because you would need a reward given in an explorable area where the pet is active.

but your certain it actually receives exp?

only when the reward is accepted outside would your pet get any