Yeah he does sometimes. I use growl manually to deal with it and it can get a bit hectic. The pets rarely need much healing though tbh, so it's usually from dropping totems or throwing up riptides before I actually need them. I just get lazy.

Druid is the stronger healer IMO (I use one with 4 boomies and he keeps everyone up!), but leather... Now that the gear's coming in a bit more slowly though I may swap out my shammy and try it. They're at a similar gear / AP level so it should be a good test.