Sometimes playing with my ranger I think it's really hard to control my pet. Myabe Anet should add a "pet action bar" below your skill bar where you can push buttons like: Attack, Come, Don't attack anyone and maybe you could have some pet skills there like 5 or 4 slots where you can put pet skills.
I thought it kind of odd, that many animals have a few skills before you tame them, and then become complete blanks afterwards. I think there needs to be species-specific pet skills that each pet uses autonomously, like another hench/bot.