We purchased Brooks Little Pete (who we called Opie, (old Pete, as we already had a Pete - NGDC NAGDC FC AFC Peter Gunn) in 2005 from Mr. Dennis Brooks' widow after he passed  Mr. Brooks was the breeder of NSTRA National Grand Champion, Hall of Fame Inductee, and 32x NSTRA Champion Nolan's Last Bullet and other fine dogs.  Brook's Little Pete (Opie) was Mr. Brooks' personal hunting dog and we felt privileged to be provided with the opportunity to own one of the fine dogs in Mr. Brooks' collection. 

Because Opie was Mr. Brooks' personal hunting dog, he rarely competed in field trials but he was afforded the opportunity to hunt wild game including grouse, pheasant, woodcock, quail and other species across America.  We could see Opie had lots of potential running as a horseback field trial dog. We brought him home, tuned up his training for field trials and began trialing him in 2006. We were quite pleased with the result and he was quite a dog!

We feel Mr. Brooks would be very pleased with Opie's outcome as a field trial dog. Opie qualified for the National Amateur Gun Dog Championship and National Open Gun Dog Championship in 2007 and 2008.  Opie pushed the winners at the 2008 National Open Gun Dog Championship and finished number 5 in the nation.  Opie finished his field championship of April 20, 2008.  We quickly and easily finished his AKC Field Champion and AKC Amateur Field Championship titles.

Opie was a strong hunter with lots of run and a natural backer. He was an intelligent, dependable, hard working, no non-sense bird dog. He had incredible heat tolerance and stamina. He was patient - once he pointed he was there until you arrived, even if it took 45 minutes.  Opie ran his last season in 2010 purely on heart as he had several injuries that hampered his travel, yet it was his best season.