The Goldens

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

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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