Monks of new skete

[buttersburgh]

Has anyone here read the "raising your puppy" book written by the monks of new skete? Have you read any of the other books? How about anyone have a new skete GSD?








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[selzer]

I have I think three of their books. Raising your puppy, Being your dog's best friend, and a book with a lot of pictures. No, I have never had any of their dogs.

[Atticus5]

I have read a number of their books. When we were raising our first puppy, we made the mistake of separating it from us during the night. We had an area set up in the kitchen and she cried and whined all night long. A friend gave us a copy of one of the Monk's of New Skete books and it completely changed our training approach. I appreciated the insight in regards to seeing the situation from the dog's perspective. I know that it's common knowledge in most training books now, but this was about twenty years ago. We built a wooden crate and placed it at the end of our bed. Turning off the lights the first night we were apprehensive, but Mitya( our sweet Samoyed pup), fell right to sleep without a peep! We were sold Thank you Monks!

[buttersburgh]

Just started to ready the puppy one and really liking it. The litter story from birth to 8 weeks and testing of each puppy at the end was insightful and fun to read. Can't wait to read more chapters. I like their philosophy.


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[wolfstraum]

The breeding program is not the same as it was years ago.....the buyers of one of my "A" pups had had 2 New Skete dogs....her original one had passed and she got a second one.....the first was over 20+ years ago and great - the second was from the new wave of monks, and was not sound. Thus she went elsewhere for a new pup.

The books have much good info, but again, much dated info. But still worth the read if you are raising your first pup.

Lee

[Jo Ellen]

I like their philosophy and the respect for the breed that shines through in their writing.

I'm sorry to hear that Wolfstraum. I read that these dogs cost thousands of dollars and the wait list is something like 5 years -- a huge investment to be disappointed.

[lennoxbradley88]

I have and it's a good read. I learned some interesting things that came in handy as a first time dog owner.

[martemchik]

Very outdated information and training methods from what I remember.

I have also heard a lot of negative things about the more recent breedings, dogs are just above "pet quality" breeding in my opinion.

[blehmannwa]

Havoc is a New Skete. They are revamping the breeding program and the price is in line with other WGSL. I had the pleasure of visiting there and seeing the way that the dogs are integrated into the community. I read their books before I even had a GSD and it was amazing to me that the place was even nicer than I had imagined. Each of the breeding dogs is also a companion to one of the community members.

They also make great cheesecake.

[selzer]

I had someone come in and test Jenna's first litter with the puppy testing at the back of the book. There were ten pups in the litter. The outcome of the puppy test was spot on for all of them.

You can read up on it, when you select your puppy you can do the test yourself, or some of them to give you an idea. You cannot do it on pups you raise yourself though, one of those things you need a buddy for.

I agree that some of the info is outdated, and I too have heard that the original monk in charge was more knowledgeable about breeding and the dogs they produced have changed over the years. But it is definitely worth the read.