Aside from telling your pets to attack or ignore everything there is nothing else (or less if you aren't on pc since there is no way to command pets on console). And as someone who regularly uses the clannfear the pet can be amazing when it tanks a mob at just the right time, in solo pve. Outside of that pets need both quicker response time to commands, meaningful influence on fights, and more useful commands. At least pets got their long awaited health regen.