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Toby - boy or dog

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CinnamonElephant · 26/01/2023 07:41

My beautiful boy is Toby. We go out walking a lot because we both love it. But it seems an extraordinary amount of dogs are also called Toby. Thankfully my Toby doesn't get the connection but I do find it amusing when I'm calling Toby and the couple coming towards me are doing the same.

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romdowa · 26/01/2023 08:15

I've only ever known pets to be called Toby. Dogs , cats , horses, guine pigs , hamsters.

GimmeBiscuits · 26/01/2023 08:11

I think of the dog in the Rivers of London books when I hear thr name Toby. However, I'm also aware of it as a name that, when I was a child, was 'posh' (short for Tobias).

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CinnamonElephant · 26/01/2023 08:07

Whinge · 26/01/2023 08:04

I'm disappointed he's just a Toby and not a Toblerone. Grin

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Me too! I will have a word with myself later 🤣

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CinnamonElephant · 26/01/2023 08:02

Oh I didn't factor in horses! My Toby is just that. He is not a fancy Toby/Tobias. It suits him.

I'm disappointed he's just a Toby and not a Toblerone. Grin

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CinnamonElephant · 26/01/2023 08:02

Oh I didn't factor in horses! My Toby is just that. He is not a fancy Toby/Tobias. It suits him.

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stairgates · 26/01/2023 07:56

Boy definitely, haven't heard an animal with that name myself personally but it would suit a loved pet also but go for it!

Ohdearnotagain76 · 26/01/2023 07:55

Known of several dogs called Toby and a boy called Toby but his name is Tobias. Several Lolas round here both dogs/cats and girls.

Findyourneutralspace · 26/01/2023 07:54

Mine was a cat, but I know a man in his 40s, one in his 20s and a baby called Toby. It’s a lovely name.

sanityisamyth · 26/01/2023 07:52

Horse. His proper name is Toblerone though.

Theoldwoman · 26/01/2023 07:49

I don’t know any of either but funnily enough, I know 3 horses called Toby.

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