On Toby’s Terms by Charmaine Hammond

Posted by Pearl Nonfiction Friday, January 20th, 2012

 

On Toby’s Terms, by Charmaine Hammond, chronicles Toby’s journey from incorrigible to incredible. Toby, is a Chesapeake Bay retriever, adopted at age five, from an animal shelter.

Soon after Toby entered the life and home of Charmaine and her husband Chris, Toby proved to be a holy terror who routinely opened and emptied the hall closet, turned on water taps, pulled and ate things from the bookshelves, sat for hours on end in the sink, and spent his days rampaging through the house, destroying everything in his path.

Oddest of all was his penchant for locking himself in the bathroom, and then pushing the lid of the toilet off the tank, smashing it to pieces. After a particularly disastrous encounter with the knife-block in the kitchen, and when the couple discovered Toby’s bloody paw prints on the phone, they decided Toby needed professional help.

Something magical happened when Charmaine realized that even a dog needs purpose and focus in his life. She redirected his boundless energy into becoming a pet assisted therapy dog. This changed his life and hers, forever.

Praise for On Toby’s Terms

~ Simply a beautiful book about life, love and purpose. ~ Jack Canfield, Co-author of Chicken Soup for the Soul

~ Charmaine Hammond’s love for Toby, her behaviorally challenged Chesapeake Bay retriever, clearly shines through in every page of On Toby’s Terms. Ultimately, Toby becomes the instructor as he teaches Charmaine about living in the moment, finding purpose, and savoring life.  ~ Susan M. Heim, parenting author and Chicken Soup for the Soul editor

~ This book is a MUST READ!  Charmaine and Chris are great examples of what pet parents can go through when they adopt an older pet.  Toby exudes kindness toward humans, young and old, fit or infirm, without any fear or apprehension.  We all go through change in our lives and we must adapt.  Toby shows us that it is okay to be different.  We all need to feel that we are important and it may take us a while to find our true calling as Toby has done. Once you start to read On Toby’s Terms, you will have difficulty putting it down!  You just need to know what Toby will do next! This book is for ALL HUMANS to read.  What an uplifting and inspiring story.   ~ Sandi Strause, Silver Paws Dog Daycare & Training

~ One of the best family books my kids and I have read together in years!  We laughed, we cried, we stayed up way past bedtime reading!  You will LOVE LOVE LOVE this book!   ~ Teresa de Grosbois

 

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