Comments | songblaze: Service dog school weirdness.

songblaze

Service dog school weirdness.

Oct 15, 2016 00:03

I think you guys all know that I love Hudson, I think the school I got him from trained him very well and selected an excellent match for me, both in terms of the skills I needed him to have and personality ( Read more... )

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ashbet October 15 2016, 15:03:38 UTC

Do you have any contact info for the now-ex-director? I'd talk to her about it, if you could.

Otherwise . . . it has to be hard to love, socialize, and train dogs and then let them go. Like pet fosterers, it takes a unique blend of attachment and ability to separate.

Maybe it's a career that has a built-in shelf life for many people, or maybe they do this for a few years and build up experience to move up on the career ladder elsewhere?

I do think that since you want to get another dog through them, eventually, it's worth asking.

Good luck!!

<3!

songblaze October 16 2016, 10:30:18 UTC

Nope. I've never had contact info for any of the trainers that left, including Hudson's trainer (which was a shame, i really really liked her).

There is a definite possibility of there being burnout in this field. I guess I'm just surprised that someone would do this for SO long and then leave - it seems to me that typically burnout happens pretty quickly. 2 of the trainers that left - the former director and another one who left a couple years ago - were there for a long time. I think it was 15 or 16 years for the one and about 26 or 27 for the former director.

I think I may just ask the president of the school, albeit in a nice fashion of course. I don't want to make accusations, it just feels weird to me.