As a crednetialed technician with formal training for over 20 years, I cannot support the movement backwards in our industry.  The excuses of "I live in a rural area, I cannot afford a technician" is absurd. You chose to pratice in a rural area. Along with other ridiculous claims such at "There are only 400 technicians in the state of Virigina." Where did that ludicrious number appear from? Certainlty not from the BVM. They have the actual numbers of technicians in the Commonweath of VA, and is not 400. The number is vastly higher. Let's be honest, veterinary medicine is contintually stepping backwards for patient care simply because you do not want to pay your technicians what they are worth and the fail to see what they bring into your practice so it is much easier to train anyone off the street and pay them even less and work them just as hard. So, Congratulations on devaluing a human being!  Celebrate your lowering of standards, especially if you are AAHA accredited and support this petition. Enjoy your constant turn-over rate because you treat your staff like they are dispsable. Continue to lie to your clientele that your non-credentialed staff is totally capable of trouble shooting anethetic emergencies or performing tasks only regulated to credentialed staff, but allow it to occur anyway. You have become the problem in veterinary medicine and are OK with it. No wonder why this industry is falling apart amd everyone needs a crying corner. Stop being the victim and do something about it. Support your non-credentialed technician and send them to an online accredited program (there are over a dozen) as well as two AVMA accredited in-state programs that also have online courses. Make is a business expense. All of these exuses come down to money, not time saved.  Be part of the cure, not part of the problem and maybe your clients would see the value of the medicine that is practiced. When you only think of numbers and not patients, that is when we see poor petitions such as this come to the table with asinine excuses to why we need to continually devalue what you desperatley seek to practice and are failing at it, high quality, valued medicine.