Pal the Wonder Dog
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Pal the Wonder Dog was famous for appearing in early Hollywood episodes of the Buster Brown series and the silent Our Gang comedies. Pal was actually the first ring eyed dog to appear regularly in Our Gang shorts. Pal's screen credits include 13 feature films released from Dec. 1921 to Oct. 1927. Trained and owned by Harry Lucenay he gained his famous ringed eye while appearing as Tige in the 1920s version of Buster Brown, Our Gang producer Hal Roach simply kept it on as to the dye used was permanent. This dog was sire to the most famous Pete the Pup who was played by a dog named Lucenay's Peter. According to original Our Gang member Jean Darling Pal the Wonder Dog died after being fed a glass tainted ball of meat by unknown person(s).[citation needed]