{"id":13587,"date":"2026-04-14T03:50:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T03:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/13587\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T03:50:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T03:50:23","slug":"london-carpenter-decides-to-quit-his-job-after-his-dog-earns-more-than-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/13587\/","title":{"rendered":"London carpenter decides to quit his job after his dog earns more than him"},"content":{"rendered":"

Duncan Tout only set up the Instagram page for his French Bulldog TJ as a \u2018collection of memories\u2019<\/p>\n

Howard Lloyd Regional content editor<\/p>\n

03:56, 14 Apr 2026<\/p>\n

\"Duncan<\/p>\n

Duncan quit his job after his dog went viral on social media and started to earn more than him(Image: SWNS)<\/p>\n

A carpenter has quit his job after his dog went viral on social media and started to earn more than him. Duncan Tout, 33, set up an Instagram account for French Bulldog TJ back in 2021 to keep a \u2018collection of memories\u2019.<\/p>\n

But after a video of the pooch swimming went viral, brands started to offer money for promotional videos amid the pair\u2019s comedy and travel videos.<\/p>\n

The cash became so lucrative that owner Duncan realised he could quit his full-time carpentry job in January 2025 to manage his pooch\u2019s account full-time, as his dog earned a higher hourly rate.<\/p>\n

\"Duncan<\/p>\n

Duncan and French Bulldog TJ (Image: SWNS)<\/p>\n

Duncan, who is from Kent but does most of his work in London, said: \u201cI was working every hour under the sun, getting up at six in the morning, going into London and doing a day\u2019s work, and also playing semi-professional rugby.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, I have a lot more freedom. Last year I got married and moved house, all while just doing dog stuff. It was getting to the point where I was thinking \u2018why am I going to work? It kind of doesn\u2019t make sense any more\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since then, TJ has scored brand deals and received a free stay and cooked meal with the posh Marriott Hotel in Regents Park, and he was even taken to Paris courtesy of P&O ferries.<\/p>\n

This year, he may be going to New York on a private jet charter company that does flights for dogs. Despite having over 700,000 followers on TikTok \u2013 with his videos racking up tens of millions of views \u2013 TJ is unaware of his newfound fame.<\/p>\n

\"Duncan,<\/p>\n

Duncan, from Kent, said: \u201cLast year I got married and moved house, all while just doing dog stuff.”(Image: SWNS)<\/p>\n

Owner Duncan says passers-by will recognise his dog in the street even if they don\u2019t recognise him. Duncan added: \u201cHe has absolutely no idea and it\u2019s so, so funny.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe went to \u2018Frenchie Fest\u2019 last year, which is a two-day French Bulldog festival in the New Forest. TJ went there, and it was just crazy.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was speaking to one person and stroking their dog, and the next minute we had 30 people around us. He has no idea all these people want to see him.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Duncan Tout only set up the Instagram page for his French Bulldog TJ as a \u2018collection of memories\u2019…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13588,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[1389,27,2757],"class_list":{"0":"post-13587","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-dogs","9":"tag-london","10":"tag-real-life"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116401027345607399","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}