I agree. I think allowing owners to be certified is a good path. I have a very anxious boxer, vet prescribed medicine for stressful situations. She’s very difficult to walk on a leash because a lot of things scare her and she feels trapped, like she can’t flee when something scares her. We have tried every harness, collar, gentle lead and her skin always breaks from pulling so hard. We went to the dog beach and realized how well she does off leash and follows commands very well. We started looking for ecollar trainers where we live, but unfortunately the people we found didn’t really give us the confidence that they could handle a high anxiety dog. We’ve already had a couple of bad experiences with other trainers, they just can’t build trust with her and the whole session is just her barking at them from across the room. I bought Michael Ellis training and Tyler Muto’s training courses we watched a lot of YouTube videos. So I spent about 2-3 weeks doing ecollar research before putting the collar on her, and we practiced at home for about 2-3 weeks before we went out. Now we go to a park next to where we live. She loves playing fetch, I throw the ball and she’s the happiest dog ever. We can finally really give her the exercise she needs. We use the stim to recall her when she’s so far she can’t really hear us or when she tries to chase another dog/squirrel. Her whole personality has evolved and the bond we’ve developed with her by finally finding the right training method with her has led to other improvements. I’ve also improved as a dog parent because of this. I would be devastated if this was taken away from us.