The Goldens

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

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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