<Tr> <Th> Species </Th> <Td> Dog </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Gender </Th> <Td> Male </Td> </Tr> <P> Pete the Pup (original, 1924--June 1930; second Pete, September 9, 1929--January 28, 1946) was a character in Hal Roach's Our Gang comedies (later known as The Little Rascals) during the 1930s . Otherwise known as "Pete, the Dog With the Ring Around His Eye", or simply "Petey", he was well known for having a circled eye that was added on by Hollywood make - up artist Max Factor and credited as an oddity in Ripley's Believe It or Not . The original Pete (sired by "Tudor's Black Jack") was an APBT named "Pal, the Wonder Dog", and had a natural ring almost completely around his right eye; dye was used to finish it off . </P> <P> When he was about six months old, Pal the Wonder Dog made a cameo appearance in the Harold Lloyd film The Freshman, in 1925 . </P>

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