Veterinarians have the best interest of their patients and clients in mind and can therefore be trusted to give students the opportunity to practice hands on techniques only when appropriate. As veterinary students, we have limited access to hands on experience in the first few years of the curriculum. Students try to spend their summers seeing real cases and acquiring more skills in diagnosis and therapy. Students would greatly benefit from increased opportunities to practice manual skills in these summer jobs and externships as well. I strongly support the deletion of the "4th year student" requirement for hands on procedures under the supervision of a licensed veterinarian.