Between 1926 and 1927 Jean d'Agraives and E. Nicolson created a comic strip in France, based on the film series, named Les Aventures du Chien Brownie.

During the starting point of being property for Century Films, the studio was in need of someone who could work with their canine actor, with the goal of making a duo centered on a series of comedies.

The qualifications Century Films searched for was an actor that needed to be someone that was close to his size, and looked for children that had possessed spontaneity, coordination, the ability to take directions and be under three years old.

[4] He was partnered up with their selected child, named Diana Serra Cary, who popularly became known as Baby Peggy after they debuted together for the first time in a short film titled Playmates (1921).

He was able to grab and fetch human objects like hoses and candles, vault over and into high windows, as well as help dress and undress the child star Peggy in their shared films.