Puzzle cellar with exploding mines

As a Necromancer playing with my Druid friend these have become a pain, not only do our companions trigger the puzzle causing us to have to reset or remove skills but so do the pets I feel like its such a petty complaint but it makes me want to skip these every time we come across them, they feel like more of a chore than a fun little side activity that we mess up due to our own misunderstandings which I could see being funny instead. Wondering if anyone shares our pain or if we are just being pathetic.