The Monks of New Skete

The Sunday NY Times ran an obit for an amazing person who really changed my life. The Rev. Laurence Mancuso was the founding abbot of a monastery in upstate New York. He died June 10 and the world is now less one hero. The monks have a style of dog training that is holistic and ravingly successful. When we brought our darling Emery home as a pup so many years ago we read a lovely book called "The Art of Raising a Puppy" it was written by "The Monks of New Skete." click here. I learned so much, that really changed the way I think about dogs. The whole wolf pack theory--alpha bitch authority, leadership and all that--a lot of the philosophy applies to kids too!!
respect, good food, exercise, freedom within boundaries--"sit stay". Good stuff. Thank you brother Mancuso.

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I can't help but wish whomever had Bree as a pup had read this stuff.