Lucenay's Pete in "The Pooch" (1932)

“THE AMERICAN PIT BULL TERRIER BEGINNINGS IN THE CINEMA” realised by Mar Bartolome (FIAPBT) and TRIBUTE to the American Pit Bull Terrier LUCENAY’S “PETE” (A whole Legend) http://www.fiapbt.net/pitbullcine2.html

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Lucenay's “Pete” was born the September 6, 1929 and its breeder was A.A. Keller. Was registered like American Pit Bull Terrier in the United Kennel Club (UKC) under the name of “Purple Ribbon Peter” with number 22558. Also was registered this American Pit Bull Terrier in the American Kennel Club (AKC), but in June 9, 1936 the AKC changed the name of the breed American Pit Bull Terrier by the Staffordshire Terrier (In 1972 to change again the name of the breed by which we know at the moment like American Staffordshire Terrier - AST-). From here comes the confusion from which many followers of the series Our Gang thought that Pete was a Staffordshire Terrier.

Lucenay’s Pete FIAPBT Pedigree Online: http://www.fiapbtpedigree.com/imprimir_ficha.php?idm=en&criterio=67627

Lucenay's Pete had the characteristic of its father of the almost complete ring around its eye, only that in the opposed side to where it had Pal. The legs also had a different color slightly.

Although later other dogs used to interpret the paper of Pete, Lucenay's “Pete” was the more known of all.
The capacity of Pete to respond humorously at the right moment and its strong relation with the children of Our Gang was applauded by the public during generations. All this was the effort and the great work that Harry Lucenay with a dog pertaining to a breed dog with an intelligence outside the common thing.
Lucenay’s Pete with its trainer Harry Lucenay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvXGJYYclU4
Following the children to the school, helping them to escape, as well as taking care of the children, a thing was evident: its incredible loyalty and affection. In the book, “The Little Rascals: The Life and Times of Our Gang”, the infantile actors delighted with being with Petey. Jack Cooper wrote in his autobiography, "I liked so much this dog"; and he said that one of the great events of his childhood was when he was allowed to take him to house to Petey with him during the weekend. "Being a weekend with Pete… was my idea of the glory and the paradise together".
Pete was the perfect example of the relation between a boy and his dear dog and that were a formula very used for the series, and that was one of the keys of the great successful that it was.

Lucenay's Pete began its race like actor since very small. Only it was days old when its first film with the boys of Our Gang in 1930 be rolled in, “Pups is Pups”, one of the closeest episodes, where Wheezer has a litter of puppies Pit Bull that come running towards him when listening to sound a bell. The affection that Wheezer gives to his puppies is comforting for its. When Wheezer loses his bell, he also loses his puppies, that follow all the bells that hear. Wheezer looks for his loved puppies throughout but it is in vain. Wheezer finally finishes in the steps of the church, lowered, crying by his lost puppies. Next, the bells of the church sound and the puppies come running towards Wheezer, having history a happy end.

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Mariano Peinado
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