It started with a sick puppy and a lot of love.

When Oliver was a puppy, he was diagnosed with parvo. Beth nursed him back to health, and somewhere in that process decided that if she was going to spoil him with treats, they were going to be the real deal. So she started baking her own. Real ingredients. Made with care. And as it turns out, dogs will do absolutely anything for them.

Beth has always known what dogs are capable of. She trained two of her rescues — Scout and Jasper, both adopted from Downey Animal Care Center — to become volunteer therapy dogs at UCLA. For more than a decade, they walked into hospital rooms and did what dogs do best: loved people, no questions asked. A patient lying in a hospital bed, attached to machines, uncertain of what comes next — and then a dog walks in. One wag of a furry tail. Suddenly they're smiling. That love heals. We've seen it.

That experience taught Beth something she carries with her every day: dogs have an extraordinary ability to heal people. And every dog deserves a chance to share that gift. PAC currently has 70 dog-human teams — and they need more. That's why a portion of every sale goes to PAC and the organizations helping rescue dogs like Oliver find their purpose and their person.

Oliver P. Toliver's Thoroughly Tasty Treats is how Beth brings it all together — dogs, baking, and giving back. One small batch at a time.