Do pets take up XP?

[Hawkdog]

From my personal experience when duoing with Cleric or Druid, even if they only heal we get the same exp as we would if we dismissed the pet, so being in a group eliminates the nerf.

There was a way to bypass this but it was recently fixed, you could group with someone in another zone and solo and get full solo exp but it was fixed alas.

So to confirm, being grouped with another player in the same zone will eliminate the exp nerf, duo away casters.