[nagdu] How long is "successful"

[Larry D. Keeler]

I think it depends on the dog and the handler. I was pretty comfortibloe 
with Holly after about 6 months.
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From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
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Subject: [nagdu] How long is "successful"


> Darla asked how long a team has to be out to be "successful".  I'd say at 
> least 2 years, just to put a number on it.  Or possibly 3; I could argue 
> either way.
> I'd be real curious to see numbers from schools of teams graduated, and 
> partnerships that lasted 3 years or more. I think that should be a pretty 
> good indicator as to how well the school is doing. I mean, if school X put 
> out 500 teams, and 300 of them stayed together, that's only a 60% success 
> rate, and not so good.  But if 400 of them worked 3 years or more, that's 
> 80% success, which is pretty good.
> Tracy
>
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