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 Forget Expensive Classes! This is the Best Way to Go. June 11, 1999
6 out of 10 found this review helpful
I was lent this book when I was enbarking on a new adventure in my life. I just came home with a 6 week old Black lab puppy. I was warned how this dog will run my life, and in the process ruin my furniture and chew all things, even if they were nailed down. After reading The Monks of New Skete I was able to take control of my puppy and he no longer was in control. This is the best Do-it-Yourself book. I have recommended this book to numerous friends and they too give it rave reviews.
Should be required reading before the puppy search begins. May 17, 1999
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I found out about this remarkable book after the loss of our beloved Max, an American Staffordshire Terrier. I was given the book to read to help me through the grief of our loss. It helped, but it made me sad that I didn't know about this book sooner. Maybe we could have helped Max understand his, and our place, in the pack. This book gave me the resolve to choose the right dog and raise him right. Shadow, our eight year old Bouvier des Flandres dog has reaped the benefits of this book. Shadow spent nearly three weeks with Brother Christopher at the monastery learning the basics. I got a brief lesson too, but I can read! This book has provided invaluable lessons in how to raise a dog to live with people. Keep it for a reference and give it to friends before they bring home their puppy.
Excellent manual on complete dog care April 22, 1999
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
Although I grew up with pure bred German Shepards it had been about 15 years of life without a dog when my stray Newfoundland cross, Sadie, found her way to my door. I needed to brush up on life with a dog and re-learn about full care, training and responsibility for a dog, particularly a giant breed dog. I found this book to be very easy to read, interesting, and a tremendous asset to understanding Sadie's behavior and working with her to help her and us adjust to life as a family. I was very impressed with the common sense approach to praise and discipline and the straight forwardness of the training techniques. This book took the mystery out of having a well behaived dog.
This book teaches you to make your dog a family member. February 22, 1999
Alice Neff Lucan (Washington,, DC USA)
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
My husband and I bought our first German Shepherd (New Skete's Quintessence, aka "MAX") from the Monks and learned about this book for the first time nearly twenty years ago We used the book ourselves to help train Max and two more lovely German Shepherds since then. This book provides a gentle and completely logical way to understand any dog, to train and coax any dog into becoming the purest love of your life. We've given away copies a dozen times to grateful friends. Keep this book where you can find it and read it often.
This book was the best i read so far, I Thought it was great February 8, 1999
cjrohrer@warwick.net (Port Jervis New York)
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
Although I was a bit skeptical of buying the book from a religious affiliated Organization, I was totally pleased at the care and guidance put into this book, with no hint of religion and preaching. I will be purchasing a white german shepherd and wanted to educate my myself again on training, since its been a while that I trained a dog. My present dog is 15 years old and the only thing the book didnt mention was how to make the pup and old dog get along, which i will be contacting the Monks of New Skete for info on that subject. I would recommend this book to everyone looking for guidance on training a new pup
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