Hm, I'm not sure why having a healer partner would make animations superior to charmed pets. If anything it seems like the opposite would be true. The heals make it easier to recover from recharm mishaps and all of the priest classes have tools that make charming safer or more effective (MR debuff from shamans, clerics can stun and buff HP, druids can buff HP and ensnare the charmed pet if you aren't fear kiting or moving camp a lot).
There is some relatively cheap Cha gear out there and you don't need super high charisma to charm effectively, though it helps.
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