[nagdu] Leader

[Tracy Carcione]

Steve, I'm curious.  What changes has Leader made that you think will be
helpful to students?  I thought what you wrote about them testing dogs for
allergy-creating potential was interesting.  You also wrote about
instructors being required to sign off on teams.  Anything else?
Tracy

> Keri,
> Actually, like all other schools, this may be the only incident you have
> heard of personally, but there are others I can assure just like with
> other
> schools.  Believe me, I am not judging LD as I am a 3-time recipient and
> now
> in my 20th year of working Leader Dogs, and have had no problems.
> However,
> what I can tell you is that LD has made some significant changes in their
> program over the past almost 4 years which ultimately, will be better for
> the student and the organization as a whole.  We want to see all schools
> continue to make changes and adapt to the needs of their prospective
> handlers.  No school is a perfect school, and I honestly believe that all
> try to do what is best for the student.  There of course may be
> exceptions,
> and much of this may be a perception of who is experiencing what the
> school
> is doing, or what the school is not doing.  NAGDU has some exciting things
> coming up that will potentially make the schools more accountable, and if
> you have not seen the Consumers Bill of Rights, I suggest you read it as
> this is what NAGDU has been striving to get all schools to adopt.
>
> Steve
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