Hunter pets can be divided into three categories:

o Tank Pets – These are the type of pets that will take a massive amount of damage without flinching while you’re a few meters behind them and dealing ranged damage. Tank pets are ideal for leveling up a hunter because they will withstand long battles.

– Bears, Boars, Crabs, Crocolisks, Gorillas, Scorpids, Tall Striders, Turtles, these tend to do a good job as tank pets.

o DPS Pets – These are pets that will deal much more damage than their tank counterparts and won’t be able to absorb as much damage. These are pets that you take with you in a PvP setup, because in a battleground people will almost always attack you and not your pet, so a tank would be useless whereas what’s important in a BG is the higher damage you deal. you can do faster the better

– Bats, cats, owls, birds of prey, spiders, wind snakes will be good DPS pets

o Not quite tanky, not quite DPS pets – These are pets that are pretty tough, much more than a DPS pet and less than a tank, and deal a decent amount of damage but less damage than DPS but more than what a tank can do it, they are intermediate pets, they will do well in both areas, but not enough to excel in either.

– Carrion birds, hyenas, wolves, are good pets in the middle of the road

For your first few pets, you should get a bear or a boar, because at level 10, frankly, that’s all you can afford without breaking the bank.