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Dogs who have failed the training program?

Now, I know that not everything that you see on TV is true, but on the Secret Life of an American Teenager, the main characters get a yellow lab named Moose who failed the training program to become a service dogs. Is there anything like that in real life? And if so, why would they have been turned down, because I wouldn't want a dog with aggression issues, or life threatening illnesses.

They've already had considerable screening before being put in training. So a dog that washes out is unlikely to have a severe problem, though some do indeed wash out for health reasons. Some wash out because they lack the ability to concentrate, because they have issues with something like elevators.

Whatever is wrong with the dog, they'll know it. With most pets you get as puppies its a crap shoot whether they'll develop a serious illness or aggression issues. Even when you breed very very carefully there will occasionally be problems that crop up.

Now then, because these dogs have above average health and training, they are highly desirable. Which means the average waiting list is about three years long, the screening for who gets them is rigorous, and there is an adoption fee.

Here's an example of how one program handles placing wash-outs:
http://www.seeingeye.org/aboutus/default.aspx?M_ID=129
The Seeing Eye is the oldest guide dog school still in operation, and therefore also the oldest service dog school (since guide dogs are a type of service dog).

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Wash-outs from programs that have their own breeding program are one dog in eight (13%), not 90%. Wash-outs among owner-trained dogs are significantly higher because the vast majority of these trainers lack the skill to accurately choose candidates or adequately train even good candidates. When only one dog in a hundred of the general population has all of the qualities necessary, what are the odds of an inexperienced person finding that one dog? Even skilled trainers operate at about a 50% success rate when choosing dogs from the general population, which is why so many programs have gone to breeding inhouse.

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