![]() ![]() ![]() Spitz used both kindness and discipline to train his dogs, including Terry, very well his talents are obvious when we consider that Terry (aka Toto) appeared in at least fourteen major motion pictures including The Wizard Of Oz.Ĭarroll cleverly writes the memoirs of Terry, or Toto, in the first person as if the dog herself had written the book. Spitz, an excellent trainer who worked with many dogs, wound up training Terry professionally. The book starts with the story of how Terry was born, adopted and eventually given up by her owners because of her troubles with housetraining and we learn how Carl Spitz professionally trained dogs to perform in movies. ![]() The book is based on a scrapbook Willard Carroll found that documented the life and movie career of this well trained dog and the book is primarily set up to look just like a book typed on an old typewriter-written, of course, by the dog itself. I, Toto is a delightfully well written book by Willard Carroll about the life of Terry, a Cairn Terrier who became famous in movies. ![]()
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