The Goldens

Pine seedlings in a burn restoration. That’s me with Blaze and Hunter in 2006.
There’s gold under that rainbow.
“Hey lazy dog, you’re sleeping on my sketchbook!”
Kinta is the truck dog today, since Blitz had a doctors appointment.
Redtail’s Nitro Nellie just being “Boopie”
Ponderosa burn fire salvage. Santee.
It’s a race.
Blitz and Teka romp in the snow.
On the road home and Blitz is dreaming of ducks.
Blitz know that she better be rolling in the snow while she still can.
Blitz has a lively pheasant.
Thanks Kinta! I’m glad you needed to go potty this morning.
A soft seat after a busy day feels so good. Blitz
Tasha enjoys a romp in the Nevada desert. lots of room to run.
It just doesn’t seem right to not end this post with a picture of Blitz. She’s still here in spirit.
Nellie
Blitz spots for me. She has seen this all before.
Whoop whoop
This looks like trouble, Bliss and Phanny!
Blitz
The big stick contest. Blitz and Nellie
Bliss
Blitz likes a good ride along, but don’t take her seat!
Blitz chills after an exhausting day of events. “Don’t get up Blitz, but I need to get into the refrigerator!”
Catching a nap.
“Can I get out of the truck please.”
Nellie and Blitz
Sailor and Kinta are ready for an adventure.
“A Forester and his Dog”‘ pen and ink.
“Don’t you make that face at me Blitz…you are a bad dog!”
That’s not a flower either, but it is wild.
Well this isn’t going well.
She was still that little puppy at heart.
Bliss
Bliss loves to play and Tasha isn’t immune.
Nellie and Blitz.
Divya’s portrait of Blaze and Hunter.
Phanny on the run! As usual.
Blitz is happiest while doing her work.
With Burney Mountain in the background, Nellie strikes a lovely pose. She is one of my favorite models. Nellie is very co-operative and will work for dog biscuits.
Blitz at four months.
Phanny joined us for some pre-season scouting.
August 6, 2006 — April 25, 2014
Hunter motto was “It’s good to be Hunter!”
Hawk and Blitz were best buddies.
Bliss at the Gallatin River, Montana. The Gallatin River is a tributary of the Missouri River.
Hunter in 2002
Teka Playing in the snow
Looking good.
February 19, 2006
Blitz says, “Can’t trust em’, they remind me of cats!”
Meet Skidder, and no he’s not my dog. He belongs to the logging crew I was visiting. Yes, I gave him back.
Me and Blitz.
“Squirrel, gotta go!”
Phanny and Bliss playing in the Yellowstone River.
Blitz
Blitz loves the snow.
The Doctor Bob released her to come back to camp for our last night.
Phanny decide the desert was good place to run and frolic!
In the twilight.
Being a forester’s dog is exhausting.
Mixing the canine color palette. Teka and Blitz with their lab friends.
Nellie.
Bliss, Sailor and Tasha the three amigos.
Blitz the happy dog.
Blitz and Teka out in the woods.
Teka was born to hunt birds.
You had to know this would happen.
Squirrels tremble in her presence!
Phanny, Bliss, and Tasha decided Mary makes for good playground equipment.
Blitz loved the woods.
“Is that a grouse I see?”
Water Break, Nellie and Blitz.
Teka and Blitz train for the hunt tests.
She took to the water right away.
Blitz finds a fish for me. “Hey Blitz that one is dead.”
Nellie and Blitz
The consumate stick dog.
Blitz grazes during a break.
And hunting buddies
Hawk
Me: “Well, what do you think?” Bliss: “Sniff, sniff.”
I had a companion on this day. Tessa, our friends dog got to be a forester’s dog for a day.
It must have hurt to be that cute. Makes me kind of misty.
The pack!
The race is on! Teka.
Blitz and Teka on the beach near Brookings.
Time for the boys to watch from afar.
Mary and Blitz take a stroll on the beach.
Blitz goes back to what she does best.
Bliss is helping with the log quality control. She offer to take care of the tiny log and left me the big ones.
Blitz with her bag.
Blitz on a water retrieve.
The girls are loaded up and ready to roll.
Hunter and Blaze in a sea of Ponderosa pine tree. Blitz got the day off so instead a photo of Hunter, Blitz’s dad, and Aunty Blaze.
From left to right, Tasha, Phanny, Bliss and Sailor.
The golden streak! Teka.
Bliss says to beware of predators hiding along the riverbank!
Bliss one year old.
Tasha and Bliss at Sly Park Reservoir.
Nellie in her youth at Iron Canyon Reservoir.
Once she was back home again she made the best of it.
Blitz steal a stick from her mom.
Hunter and the big pine.
It seems Blitz is not impressed. 😦
Blitz giving her best regal pose.
Sailor thinks Phanny should shake somewhere else.
Teka and her person, Doug.
Teka and Blitz were busy plotting against His Excellency!
Blitz and Nellie taking a break for a swim at Lake Prairie
Blitz’s last hunt with us.
This was the site of the Little Giant Mill log deck.
Don’t be deceived by this angelic face. This puppy is wild little rascal.
Nellie In Watercolor
Teka stares forlornly at a beautiful pair of Canada geese.
Bliss: “Rarr Rarr Ruff!!!” Me: “Everyone’s a critic. Maybe next time I’ll let the sleeping dog lie.”
Blitz decided she would just wait in the truck during. She figured the bear would be full after a yummy forester meal.
Blitz gets a “little” love. 🙂
Blitz loves a shaded fuelbreak. So many sticks, so little time.
Bliss at Dog Creek.
Mary and Tom dog visiting Nellie at the Vet’s office. She was one sick pup, but it sure perked her up seeing us.
Blitz joyfully returns with a bird.
Just hanging out.
After a security sweep by Blitz it was determined that this log deck was clear of ferocious jack rabbits.
My oldest son, Chris with his girl Nellie. This was her last pheasant season.
Sailor and Kinta find this whole adventure thing quite exhausting.
Blaze impatiently waits for her driver.
Flying high.
May 5, 2001
Blitz says, her critical period is pheasant season.
Bliss, feeling much better after a swim.
Nellie loves her sticks.
Nellie
A happy girl. Blaze and Hunter.
Hawk during his last pheasant season.
Blitz and Teka came too. There were lots of dogs in attendance.
Teka can’t wait for her turn. She stakes out my truck.
When we got home she had to go back into the hospital.
Sunset from our campsite in Idaho on the second night.
Yes I know it’s about hauling logs Blitz, but now you’re just showing off.
She loves playing with her buddy Sailor.
At a stop near Rye Patch Reservoir to stretch their legs, Sailor wanted to explore every smell.
The forester’s dog and the loggers dog.
Tim, Teka and Blitz.
Bliss and Tasha in the Sierra.
Blitz, the red dog!
Big pine in the Coast Range.
The morning ritual, ” Hey I need some attention here!” Nellie.
Teka with the wind in her face.
October 23, 2013
Refreshing. Nellie.
Bliss, Tasha and Sailor in Montana.
We didn’t know it yet, but Bliss was one sick puppy. She had chewed a toxic mushroom in the morning. In the afternoon we knew something was wrong and headed for the vet.
Looking down the hill at our pond with Sailer, Tasha and Bliss.
Phanny swimming!
On the Trinity River.
This is where we escape. Mary give Blitz a snuggle.
Tasha and Bliss stop for a drink.
Doug and Teka.
“Kinta you are not the photo editor!”
Feel the love.
Blitz
Blitz sits on the same stump in 2014.
On the Upper Sacramento River.
My sons and Nellie.
Blitz would prefer to ride up front.

32 thoughts on “The Goldens”

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  3. Oh my gosh!! Every one of these was wonderful! That first picture of Nellie is still a favorite that I’ve seen here. There are five dogs in one picture. Did you really have five dogs at one time? We had four, but only have one left. I pine for more dogs. Blaze and Hunter up close are adorable, I love Blaze on the truck cab, and your artwork is so good. Really enjoyable, Tim.

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  5. I just come from Yvonne who posted a poem for you. Pictures of your dogs are wonderful. I lost two of my dogs recently, Lady was 7 and Fanny who died in January 14. I still have a little fellow of 12 years’ old. I am glad I found your blog

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  7. Your dogs are lovely. They have lovely color!!! In Sweden our Goldens are usually much lighter. It is a nice combination: dogs an watercolors 🙂 Like that!

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    • Thanks you so much. We definitely favor the red golden retrievers. Our dogs are hunting dogs and run in events. Most goldens that come from hunting lines here favor the darker colors, but there are many that are lighter too. We have raised them for many years and enjoy thier company enormously. I can see by your blog that you too enjoy your dogs very very much. 🙂

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  9. Lovely rich red coloured goldies, in UK they are more cream coloured, though we do get some real ‘goldies’ more the working strain as yours appear to be. lovely pictures with each one telling a story.

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  12. Hey Tim,
    LOVE the beautiful pictures 🙂 We would love to know if you and Mary are still breeding… Our 10 year old Red Tail golden, Kona is precious to us and looking to add another someday to our family. Thank you for your time.

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  14. We bought a lighter Golden puppy a few years ago when our daughter first came to live with us out of foster care, but my husband and son are the ones who became obsessed with her. She is such an amazing dog. Yours are gorgeous.

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