Carl Spitz (August 26, 1894 – September 15, 1976) was a Hollywood dog trainer, most famous for owning and training Toto, the dog from the movie The Wizard of Oz. Events 1071 - Battle of Manzikert: The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Army at Manzikert. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 668 - Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse Italy. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Toto is the name of a fictional dog in L Frank Baum 's ''Oz'' series of children's books and works derived from them The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical - Fantasy film mainly directed by Victor Fleming and based on the 1900 children’s Toto was played by Spitz's own Cairn Terrier named Terry. The Cairn Terrier is one of the oldest Terrier breeds, originating in the Scottish Highlands and recognized as one of Terry (1933–1944 was a Cairn Terrier whose most famous role was Toto in the movie The Wizard of Oz (1939 Spitz developed the method of using silent hand signals to direct an animal.
Carl Spitz was a German immigrant and student of Col. Konrad Most, who was widely considered to be "The Father of Dog Training in America". Carl opened the Hollywood Dog Training School in California in 1927. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Carl Spitz would later go on to become the man responsible for setting up America's WWII War-Dog Program. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including