every time the wicked witch says "and your little dog, too"

she's not just being so cartoonishly evil that she'll threaten dogs

she's treating dorothy and toto as opponents with equal billing, as an animal rights activist

she's not convinced toto isn't the one running the operation

After watching the Wizard of Oz, I'm not convinced toto isn't the one running the operation

yeah she might be right

According to later books in the OG Oz series, Toto can talk if he wants to and sticks to barking by choice

It all checks out

quinn2win: I mean ofc she'd think Toto is the one running things

Dorothy is a literal child

And Toto is presumably an adult dog

If anything the dog is more of a threat

yeah

Dorothy is what? 12? 13 tops

apparently 12 in the movie and 10 in the book

Yeah all I remember is like. She's old enough to be a Pokemon trainer

Yeah, honestly a reasonable assumption on her part.