[nagdu] Shepherds at GDB Re: dog drop-out rate

[Nicole B. Torcolini]

What is actually going on with the shepherds at GDB?  I've heard mixed 
information.

Thanks,
Nicole


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 10:36 AM
Subject: [nagdu] dog drop-out rate


> When we were discussing owner-training and how hard it can be to find a
> suitable dog, I started wondering what the drop-out rate is at the
> schools.  I had heard, way back 30 years ago at GDB, that it was 50
> percent.  But I also think that part of the reason GDB dropped its
> shepherd lines was that not enough dogs were making the cut.  The
> investment was not paying off.  And I would think that, with scientific
> breeding that has gone on for several generations, plus considerable
> experience in training dogs, that the drop-out rate would be, well, a good
> bit less than 50 percent.
> But I just was looking at the GDB blog.  A couple years ago, they chose a
> lab litter and followed it through to adulthood, and they just had a
> wrap-up.  3 are guides; 2 are assistance dogs; and 2 are "career-changed".
> So, of 7 dogs, only 3 are guide dogs.  I was a bit surprised.
> Has anyone heard any recent statistics about dog drop-out rates among the
> big schools?  I'm quite curious.
>
> I'm not picking on GDB or anything; it's just the one I've heard the most
> about.
> Tracy
>
>
>
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