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Training your pet well is important for a number of reasons:
Even a highly scored pet that has just been tamed is relatively weak and can die a lot without training. Your Veterinary skill will go up while you are training your pets which in turn raises your Animal Lore skill. This effects (among other things) how much control you have over you pets and which pets you can control - That is to say, raise your Animal Lore through Vetting your pet while training and you will quickly be able to other control higher level pets! Notes:
You should always use jewelry for hunting and to control your pets, get a ring and bracelet that give you as high Animal Taming and Animal Lore as possible (max 15) in order to control higher level pets earlier. The Taming skill is the more important of the two. Fighting higher level monsters causes more damage to your pets and thus raises your Vet skill (and thus Animal Lore) faster; besides this they also provide better loot drops, money and you will develop better hunting skills. However, your targets combat skills must be relatively close to your pets - too strong (or weak) and your pet won't gain. You will find it very difficult to tame your first hunting pets so get a guild mate or friend to tame one for you.
See the Pets section for more detailed information on your pets and how to control them
See Best Pets Guide for a comparison of high level hunting pets