Last week I have the privilege to review On Toby’s Terms. This week I’m featuring Toby and His Hospital Friends, a children’s book based on everyone’s favorite Chesapeake Bay Retriever, Toby! If you recall, Toby is an overly energetic canine, whose family soon realizes his true calling as a pet therapy dog. This kid-friendly tale feature Toby as he fulfills that calling to help and assist others.

Toby is a big, brown, happy dog. Every week, his owner, Miss Charmaine takes him to visit and comfort children who are in the hospital. Follow Toby for a day and see how he makes friends with the children and helps to make them happy.

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My dogs are my family, plain and simpe. I cannot even begin to tell you how much I love those crazy mutts. Of course in the past they have drove my patience. Like I said though, they are family, and I always looked out what was best for them. When I learned about the On Toby’s Terms, I couldn’t wait to read this book! As someone who has adopted dogs before, I understand the “adjustment period” and learning the new quirks of a dog. I was really excited to read a book where I could relate to the family and their new furry member!

When Charmaine and her husband adopted Toby, a five-year-old Chesapeake Bay Retriever, they figured he’s need some adjusting time, but certainly didn’t count on what he’d do in the meantime. Soon after he entered their lives, Toby proved to be a holy terror who routinely opened and emptied closets, turned on water taps, pulled things from the bookshelves, sat for hours on end in the sinks,and spent his days rampaging through the house. 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 disastrous encounter with the knifeblock in the kitchen-and when the couple discovered Toby’s bloody paw prints on the phone-they decided Toby needed professional help. Little did they know what they would discover about this dog.

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