[nagdu] Not all equal

[Lea williams]

I like to get appinions from a lot of different people because even if
everyone, or most of them, said that there school was the best, you
can still gather a good deal of information from it all to find out
which one is best for you.

Best for you.
What is best for me might be different for you. I know this guy here
in my town who went to a different school than I am going to. He tried
to get me to go to his and told me his was the best. It might be for
im but, I chose the one I am going to because they work for me the
best. I also through a coupld of schools out because I did not like
the impretion the schools gave me when I called them to ask about them
more. One school, the person who answered, went on and on about how
the other schools were aweful, so i emetitly took that one off of my
list.
I wished that I could go and check out the actual schools to see how
they are. Things like the way the dogs are trained, I am not meaning
what they are trained, but how they are kindled, how much play time
they get and all means a lot to me. I would not want to go to a school
that keeps their dogs locked up all the time. There are a lot I look
in to and think about. I like to hear the good and the bad of the
school I am going to because, not any of the schools is perfect, and I
believe that knowing the good and the bad can help with so many
things. I also know that listening to what someone says

On 4/20/12, Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net> wrote:
> Hannah said the other day that she was starting to wonder if all the
> schools were equal, or something to that effect.
> I don't think they are all equal.  One can get a great dog from all of
> them, and one can get a rotten dog from all of them, but I am convinced
> that one has a better probability of getting a great dog at some more than
> others.  We can disagree on which are best, of course.  Me, I feel
> confident that I have a high probability of success with GDB or TSE. Steve
> would say Leader, and Jeanine would say GDF.  Everyone has an opinion.
> Further, different schools offer different things.  I want a dog who does
> excellent traffic work.  I wouldn't accept a dog if we hadn't had at least
> 2 or 3 traffic checks in class.  My dogs have saved my butt too many times
> from cars I didn't hear until the dog had already done his or her stuff.
> And some schools have a more robust follow-up.  Some of the small ones can
> only do phone follow-up for people outside their area.  Some people are
> fine with that, and some want the option of having a trainer come in
> person to help with serious problems.  I'm in the latter category.  I
> remember a time when it was hard to get GDB out to New York to help me,
> and I've always wondered if it might have made a difference with the dog I
> had to retire early.  Probably not, but I was glad when something changed
> and they were able to send someone out more quickly.
> I just wanted to say this, for the benefit of people considering getting a
> dog, and for first-timers having a hard time.  We have to be inclusive and
> accepting of everyone.  An arrogant, "my school is the only good one"
> attitude is extremely annoying.  I know that firsthand--quite a few TSE
> graduates have that attitude, and it annoys the heck out of me.
> But I'm still convinced that some schools are better than others.  I don't
> know how to measure it, and I may even be wrong, since others' opinions as
> to which is best differ from mine, and that's fine.  Maybe the only way to
> choose is to ask a lot of questions, and talk to people, and read the
> list. But choosing a school by whichever one accepts the application
> first, or by which one has the rare breed one fancies, or by which one is
> located in an area one would like to visit, might not always be the best
> method, though of course dumb chance sometimes works out fine. I chose GDB
> my first time because a friend and I visited it, and I liked the vibe.  I
> liked the campus, and the people we talked to.  Not much to go on, but it
> worked out. But we didn't have the internet then, for better or worse.
> Tracy
>
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