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Be a Mentor
By John Clark
What does the mentoring program accomplish? It is an attempt to ensure a successful and lasting adoption by providing support, resources, and information to new adopters in the first critical days and weeks of a new adoption.
AGR has had a mentoring program for a few years. It has been successful up to a point but without a coordinator at the helm, there has been no consistency and no follow up. As the new mentoring director, I would like to formalize the training to ensure that the information being provided to new adopters is as helpful as possible, is the right information in sufficient detail, and is consistent from mentor to mentor and adoption to adoption.
Mentors will be assigned based on geographic area, situation-specific, or perhaps if foster families wish to mentor since they already know the dogs best. Mentors will have a set of guidelines and timelines for contacting the adoptive families. Mentors are knowledgeable, have greyhounds at home/or foster, and are able to deal with almost all of the things that are likely to arise from an adoption. Behind this initial group are a few more volunteers, like Barb Gadola, who are experts in a specific area, like behavioral issues. Experts are available to mentors and adopters as an additional resource for assistance.
Please contact the AGR President to become a mentor.
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