I'm not concerned about fixing the current max dps other than it is greatly effected by my inability to do things while I am busy re-summoning my dead pet.

1. Give us back Sustain

2. Fix their health regeneration because its broken slow. Make pets not paper thin skinned as they currently are or give some form of better hp regen.

3. Shorter leash or /Closefollow
If you can't do the above, make pets run with and underneath their summoner and not at a distance which makes avoiding aoe's pointless because the pet will get hit, and die because his health just sits there and does not regen. I also have to spend a lot of time heeling him to my side just to get him that tiny bit of space closer to me. A close follow ability would be nice.

4. Put pets on the party list
If you cannot do any of the above at least put pets on the party list so healers can focus them without being bothered by trying to search for them in the party.

5. Give us a useful healing ability for pet other than Physick- See #1 and 2.
If you cannot do any of the above, give us a better mnd rating so we can heal them ourselves.

I don't have issues with encouraging teamwork, if that's what SE is trying to do here.. but if the pet is part of the party it should be on the party list. As it stands I need to ask healers to regen/heal my pet so that I don't have to constantly resummon him when I should be dpsing and avoiding aoes. Spending my time worrying about my pet is what preoccupies me now and I don't think it was intended.