Win Toby's 'doggy PAWdographed ' Books - 10 Copies to win!!

Toby has specially 'PAWdographed' both books for our lucky winners !!

This amazing giveaway is open Worldwide

Ending on Saturday 26th May at 12.01am EST
Hosted by Karma Media

5 WINNERS RECEIVE BOTH FANTASTIC BOOKS !!

On Toby's Terms

When Charmaine and her husband adopted Toby, a five-year-old Chesapeake Bay retriever, they figured he might need some adjusting time, but they certainly didn't count on what he'd do in the meantime. Soon after he entered their lives and home, 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. 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. Little did they know what they would discover about this dog. On Toby's Terms is an endearing story of a beguiling creature who teaches his owners that, despite their trying to teach him how to be the dog they want, he is the one to lay out the terms of being the dog he needs to be. This insight would change their lives forever.

Toby the Pet Therapy Dog, and his hospital friends

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 the service dog for a day, and see how he makes friends with the children, helps make them happy and forget that they are sick and away from home. * Beautifully illustrated, Toby, the Pet Therapy Dog teaches young readers the wonders of being of service to others. * A happy story that also sends a positive message about community, as well as the importance of kindness to pets.

Special Thanks to Toby and Author Charmaine Hammond for these super prizes xxx

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THE FIVE LUCKY WINNERS OF
TOBY'S 'PAWDOGRAPHED' BOOKS ARE

V STAYTON
K PHILIPS
S STRODE
M BEHLEN
A WILLIAMS

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Toby says Hello & shares a little of On Toby's Terms !

Lets have some more Toby Time!!  Just can't get enough of him!!

Woofy Facts 

• Toby is a rather cheeky and adorable Chesapeake Bay retriever 
• His BFF (best friend forever) is Lauren
• Favourite toys - The KONG, new balls from his friends Jayden and Sara, and surprise toys from Alex and Zachery!
• Favourite Activities - Fetching Balls, sticks, stuffed animals, pretty much anything! Aswell as swimming and searching for balls, sticks, stuffed animals…pretty much anything hidden around the house 
• Favourite Hobby - Volunteering at a hospital with the CHIMO Project, a well-respected Pet Assisted Therapy Program in Edmonton, Alberta.
• Favourite Project - Co-writing two books !! On Toby's Tales and Toby and his Hospital Patients
• Favourite Websites - His own of course !! Toby's Tales and On Toby's Terms
• He is soon going to be a MOVIE STAR!!
• Toby has a MISSION !!  A Million Acts of Kindness – Toby’s Global Mission.  The goal - to bring kindness to the forefront in family, community, workplace, and ultimately, the world. Toby knows that every act of kindness that is extended, leaves a PAWsitive impact and inspires another. 
  
  
  A little doggy excerpt from his book On Toby's Terms
  Oh, Toby!
  You never know when your life is going to change.
  “Hi, honey,” I said into my cell phone as I unlocked my
  car. “I gave my presentation; it went great, and I’m on my
  way home. How was your day?”
  “My day was wonderful . . . until I walked into the
  house.”
  “Uh-oh . . .”
  “The place is a total disaster.
  Your dog knocked over all
  four dining room chairs, the lamp in the living room, and
  
  
  that little table your mom gave you.”
  "My dog?” I sank into the driver’s seat, clutching my cell
  
  
  phone, suddenly dreading the three-hour drive from Calgary
  back to Edmonton because of what I envisioned I’d
  find when I got home.
  “I’m at my wits’ end, Char. There’s mud and blood
  everywhere.”
  I froze in the act of turning the ignition key. “Blood?”
  “That darned dog climbed on the kitchen counter,
  knocked over the knife block, and cut two of his feet. Then
  he tracked blood all over the kitchen, the living room, the
  hallways, the basement . . .”
  “Is he okay?”
  “Is
  he okay? What about me?”
  I cringed at the volume of his voice. “I’m sorry, honey,”
  I said, visualizing our eighty-five pound Chesapeake Bay
  retriever walking across the kitchen counter, the sink, and
  stove, tracking blood. “How bad are his cuts?”
  “Not too bad, but I had to pin him down to get his feet
  cleaned up and bandage his two front paws. He’ll live.”
  Christopher didn’t sound altogether pleased at the
  prospect.
  Under other circumstances, a vision of my normally
  mild-mannered and easygoing husband chasing our dog
  through the house might have been amusing. But not now.
  Apart from the cut feet, which was a new twist, this was
  not the first—or the second, or the third—disaster we’d
  faced since bringing Toby into our home a few months earlier.
  It was peculiar, because for the first few weeks after we
  got him, things had been quite uneventful. But now one
  incident led to another.
  “There’s more,” Chris said. “He knocked the books and
  candles off the coffee table and tipped the wooden table in
  the foyer over so it was blocking the door. I could barely get
  in. The flower planters were knocked over and so was the
  water cooler, which had a full canister of water in it this
  2 On Toby’s Terms
  morning. Not now. Now the water’s all over our nice hardwood
  floor. That damn dog tore the boot racks from the
  closet wall and emptied the contents into the front
  entrance. He tracked bloody footprints all over the downstairs
  carpet. The house looks like a crime scene.”
  “It can’t be that bad.”
  “It can’t? You wouldn’t recognize the kitchen or living
  room. Char, when I assess all the damage caused by this
  unruly, incorrigible, untrained, ill-mannered, and soon-tohave-
  another-home dog . . .”
  “Don’t say that. I know there have been some problems,
  but Toby’s a great dog in so many ways. He’s just got a little
  problem and we’ll fix it.”
  “A
  little problem? You should see the phone in the
  kitchen. It’s bloody, too. Maybe he was trying to call 9-1-1.”
  “That’s funny, Chris!” I laughed. “Just hang on, honey.
  I’ll be home soon.”
  “
  Not funny,” my dear husband replied. “I’ve had it this
  time. I’m done with that dog!”
  “Please, just hang on. When I get home, I’ll help you
  clean up after my . . . after
  our dog.”
  I heard him release a deep breath. “We can’t keep living
  on Toby’s terms.”
  But lately we were.
  911?
  Oh, Toby! 
    
  
  
  
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Meet Toby - Guest Post - Healing on Four PAWs

Meet Toby, I am one of his many new fans, he is just totally adorable !!

Like my own two dogs, Toby was adopted from a dog rescue centre and again like my two he came with his own ways - some bad, some good !!  Toby found a lovely home with author Charmaine Hammond, who realised that he needed a purpose and he became a Pet Assisted Therapy Dog, read her lovely guest post below.

Healing on Four PAWs

Just like a giggling child can bring a smile to your face, so can an animal. How many times have you smiled at a dog walking past you on the street with his owner, or the dog who has his head hanging out the car window- pink floppy tongue flapping about in the breeze, or the cat who is peering out the window of your neighbor’s house while soaking up the sun sitting on the back of a couch. For these brief moments, animals can take us away from the busyness of life.


Animals can be healers, reduce stress levels, minimize anxiety and provide therapeutic value in many health and educational environments. Our dog Toby, a Chesapeake Bay retriever provided me the gift of witnessing the richness that a dog can bring to another human through unconditional love. Toby made the dog Marley (from the movie Marley and Me) look like a saint.


We adopted Toby at age five from a local animal rescue organization, and shortly thereafter discovered that that he came with his own baggage, which included breaking toilet tank lids, rearranging furniture, opening and emptying closets and hiding things, on an almost daily basis. Choosing not to give up on Toby, we called for help. Maggie a local and highly qualified K9 Behaviorist and Trainer discovered that Toby was a dog who needed a job.


Toby became a Pet Assisted Therapy Dog at a mental health hospital. Every Wednesday for 4 ½ years he stepped into his purpose- he visited with patients offering unconditional love, 100% focus, and trust. The impact on patients varied from patient to patient. Toby’s presence on the unit (and his loud bark to announce he had arrived) brought patients out of their rooms, the general mood, and energy on the unit increased. Patients became more social with one another during the visits with Toby. In many ways, this dog acted like a connector, he brought people together, and, his presence became a safe topic of conversation. His desire to entertain the patients (through his ¾ summersaults, tossing the ball at patients to play fetch and sitting with his head on their lap) also encouraged laughter. And we all know that laughter reduces stress hormones and has a positive impact on health.


There is a lot of research to substantiate that pet owners live longer and healthier lives. They are often more physically active because their pets require that of them. In fact, Dr. Dawn Marcus, a neurologist who is involved in pet assisted therapy through her dogs, has done extensive research on this very topic. Dr. Marcus also reported that animals can also reduce anxiety, assist with focus, improve the immune system, and provide extensive therapeutic benefits to healing.


Toby’s work has been chronicled in Chicken Soup for the Soul- What I learned from the dog (Sept 2009), in a story titled Volunteering From The Heart. 

Shortly after I wrote On Toby’s Terms, which is being turned into a major motion picture.


Toby’s children’s book was released in 2011 Toby The Pet Therapy Dog & His Hospital Friends (Bettie Youngs Books, 2011) teaching children lessons about friendship, kindness and helping others, and how a pet therapy dog can make a difference.


The patients that Toby worked with at the hospital and the thousands of children that he met in schools experienced the benefits of a therapy dog’s whose mission in life was to leave pawprints on hearts everywhere he went.

Toby even has his own two websites 

 On Toby’s Terms Website  and Toby’s Tales Website 

Pop on over and give a big hug :-)


He is even on Facebook making new friends - Toby on Facebook and  On Toby’s Terms on Facebook


Toby’s legacy video can be found at http://www.youtube.com/user/Ontobysterms 

Here is one we thought you might enjoy !!

About the author

Charmaine Hammond is a professional speaker helping build inspired and resilient teams. She speaks on the topics of resilience, Bouncing Forward, and courageous dialogue. She is also an award winning best selling author of On Toby’s Terms (Bettie Youngs Books, Sept. 2010), Toby The Pet Therapy Dog – and his hospital friends (Bettie Youngs Books, Aug. 2011), and Bounce Forward (Hammond International Publishing, April 2011), and has been published in Chicken Soup for the Soul- What I learned from the dog (Sept. 2009). She is also co-authoring a new book GPS Your Best Life. Her book On Toby’s Terms is currently in development to become a major motion picture! She has been featured on CBC, CTV, Global TV, 820 CHAM, Alberta Prime Time News, many major newspapers including Metro News National Canada, US and New York, and in various magazines. She has also two radio shows that she hosts, Corporate Conversations with Charmaine, and PAWsitive Radio…all things Pets! You can find all that Charmaine offers at www.hammondgroup.biz and www.ontobysterms.com

  


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