:-) I take my dog when i am doing something new. I have just mastered the petrol staion and the supermarket (only 3 items but hey its a start any more than 3 and i have told myself my dog can't come because he would be waiting in the car too long and might get too hot) My dog makes me feel like i can cope even if he has to wait in the car. I soooo wish i could take him everywhere with me! He is a very quite and sensitive dog i think its very possible he has anxiety issues of his own. When we got him off my brother he was three and for 6 weeks we had to push small dog biscuits into the side of his mouth just to get him to eat. Anyway last weekend he nearly died he ate grass and it got matted in his tummy, $3000 later i still have my dog and can still progress to trying new things but boy there was some panic especially when the vet said he will get better very quickly or he wont very quickly as in he will die aaaargh thank goodness he is okay now. Wow who knew this would get me talking so much, sorry. Maybe i should tell my T to talk to me about my dog then we wouldn't sit there in complete silence hehe. So long story short i don't know how you can get your dog certified but if you can let me know :-) Good Luck