Who was Toto in The Wizard of Oz?

Glinda: "Oh, well is that the Witch?" Dorothy Gale: "Who, Toto? Toto's my dog..." -The Wizard of Oz (1939) One day in Kansas, a big storm came and brought a deadly cyclone with it. The cyclone struck the farmland and the winds of the storm swept up the farmhouse with Toto and Dorothy aloft. read more

Toto is a fictional dog in L. Frank Baum's Oz series of children's books, and works derived from them. The name is pronounced with a long"O", a homophone of"toe toe". The dog was originally a small terrier drawn by W. W. Denslow for the first edition of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900). read more

Terry was a female Cairn Terrier performer who appeared in 16 different movies, most famously as Toto in the film The Wizard of Oz. It was her only credited role, though she was credited not as Terry but as Toto. She was owned and trained by Carl Spitz. read more

Toto in Legends of Oz. Interestingly, after moving to Oz permanently, it is revealed in Baum's eighth Oz book titled Tik-Tok of Oz, published in 1914, that Toto could talk. Since Oz is located in an enchanted realm filled with real magic, Toto had the ability to speak the entire time, even in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. read more