Quote Originally Posted by Bigcat9715 View Post
Because of Enkindle all of the pets skills are connected. I'm pretty sure that at first they were separate, but it was OP because you could just Enkindle with Ifrit then switch to Garuda then Enkindle again. Plus fun fact: Enkindle is actually a Command action like Sic or Obey, so the actually attack is scaling off your pet not the Summoner.
All pets share CDs. For example, if you use contagion then instantly switch to Ifrit, his AOE will be on a ridiculously long CD, even longer than the Contagion CD.