Is there any special reason why Ifan has the pet skill if you recruit him and he don´t have it, when you play him right from the beginning as origin character?

I mean, it makes no sense that he has a skill more when recruiting but not if played from beginning.
That´s the reason I dont play him from beginning on though I would like to.
After all it´s 1 valuable skill point I would invest anyway in one character because pet talk is just great.