The Goldens

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

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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