[nagdu] How long is "successful"

[Darla Rogers]

Hi Margo,
	I do agree with you, in principle, but the schools are defining it
somehow, and we need to know.
	What would you all say about being sent home with a dog who was ill
and was, more or less, the first year?
Darla


-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Margo and Arrow
Sent: Friday, June 07, 2013 9:54 AM
To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
Subject: Re: [nagdu] How long is "successful"

Well, I'd say that even if a team works for one month and does well, they're
successful.  I say this because after one gets home, things could happen.
Dogs get sick, humans get sick, dogs die, humans die, circumstances change,
etc., etc., etc.  

I just don't think we can put too much of a figure on it.  I figure, though,
one can begin to tell how successful a team is after they get home and work
a bit.  One can also tell during class if a team might be successful or not.

Margoa nd Arrow

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione
Sent: Friday, June 07, 2013 8:04 AM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
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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