Animal Planet featured them on a short series of their own titled, "Divine Canine." I took a trip up to the monastery last winter and wrote it up for the FR audience here.
My old shepherd's mom was a New Skete dog so it was like closing a loop for me ;-)
54 posted on 04/14/2009 9:33:02 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)