What do pet owners think about "vet techs" who think they shouldn't have to have an education?
There are lots of people who use the title "veterinary technician" who haven't gone to school and think its not worth it. Or who want to be a "vet tech" without having to earn a degree in veterinary technology. What do you think about having those people who may have as little as a few minutes of instruction on how to monitor anesthesia as the only people monitoring your pet while performing a dental cleaning under anesthesia with no one else in the room? Do you think that the people who are providing nursing care for your pet should be educated?
Do you owners who think experience is more important than an education understand that often all of the training that they get on the job is less than 3 minutes of instruction and then turned loose. For example, I have asked the "tech" at a local clinic who I know was currently performing a dental how much training she had (the vet wasn't even on the premises and she had worked in the clinic for less than a month and she had an animal under anesthesia) and she said "I've watched someone perform one". And this person was monitoring anesthesia and performing the dental cleaning at the same time. (And this was her first job at a clinic.)