I think that another way to give more interest to pets is to allow for my colour vatiations like the lynx and melandru stalker. Or better yet let us dye pets... Imagine, a polar bear!!
Also allowing us to equip armor on pets at a certain lvl, similar to those beast master and healer rams and bears from the stone summit
Ideas for originality with pets
Haku_Fudomine
Dumachum
Pets need a massive overhaul. They are more of a liability then a boon at the moment.
Gs-Cyan Bloodbane
lol yeah only the strongest things did my pet even get a chance to take a swing at before i would kill it and usually that strong thing even with the damage reduciton and such i had on it usually made mincemeat of my pet before i killed it
Makarei
I dont know about dying a pet to a color. But ive always wanted to give my pet a collar.