Laurence Mancuso Dies; Founding Abbot Was 72
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The Rev. Laurence Mancuso, the founding abbot of the Monks of New Skete, whose hilltop monastery in upstate New York is renowned for breeding German shepherds and teaching a holistic approach to dog training, died on June 10 in Framingham, Mass. He was 72 and had lived in Natick, Mass., since his retirement in 2000. In 1969, a kennel in Morristown, N.J., donated a German shepherd to the monastery. But one winter night, the dog ran away. The monks had become so attached to the dog, Brother Stavros said, that they soon replaced it with two others, and then began breeding more. Soon, visitors who drove up the road to buy produce at the monastery began begging for puppies. With Father Laurence's approval, but under the supervision of another monk, the brothers studied veterinary medicine, animal nutrition and breeding techniques. The monastery's pack of German shepherds continued to grow, with one dog at a time assigned to each monk for training.
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