August 6, 2006 — April 25, 2014
Blitz giving her best regal pose.
Ponderosa burn fire salvage. Santee.
Phanny, Bliss, and Tasha decided Mary makes for good playground equipment.
Divya’s portrait of Blaze and Hunter.
“Squirrel, gotta go!”
Bliss, Tasha and Sailor in Montana.
Bliss is helping with the log quality control. She offer to take care of the tiny log and left me the big ones.
Nellie and Blitz.
She loves playing with her buddy Sailor.
Being a forester’s dog is exhausting.
Meet Skidder, and no he’s not my dog. He belongs to the logging crew I was visiting. Yes, I gave him back.
Blitz has a lively pheasant.
Flying high.
Blitz
In the twilight.
Blitz and Nellie taking a break for a swim at Lake Prairie
Tasha and Bliss stop for a drink.
Blitz says, “Can’t trust em’, they remind me of cats!”
Teka and Blitz were busy plotting against His Excellency!
Mary and Tom dog visiting Nellie at the Vet’s office. She was one sick pup, but it sure perked her up seeing us.
Phanny joined us for some pre-season scouting.
Bliss at Dog Creek.
“Is that a grouse I see?”
The Doctor Bob released her to come back to camp for our last night.
Blitz
Blitz loved the woods.
Hawk
The morning ritual, ” Hey I need some attention here!” Nellie.
Blitz know that she better be rolling in the snow while she still can.
Nellie in her youth at Iron Canyon Reservoir.
Nellie loves her sticks.
Mary and Blitz take a stroll on the beach.
Nellie and Blitz
Nellie
And hunting buddies
On the road home and Blitz is dreaming of ducks.
“Kinta you are not the photo editor!”
Me: “Well, what do you think?” Bliss: “Sniff, sniff.”
It just doesn’t seem right to not end this post with a picture of Blitz. She’s still here in spirit.
Looking down the hill at our pond with Sailer, Tasha and Bliss.
Big pine in the Coast Range.
Bliss at the Gallatin River, Montana. The Gallatin River is a tributary of the Missouri River.
Water Break, Nellie and Blitz.
Bliss and Tasha in the Sierra.
When we got home she had to go back into the hospital.
The forester’s dog and the loggers dog.
Looking good.
The race is on! Teka.
Blitz
My oldest son, Chris with his girl Nellie. This was her last pheasant season.
“Can I get out of the truck please.”
Bliss, feeling much better after a swim.
The pack!
That’s not a flower either, but it is wild.
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 and the big pine.
Squirrels tremble in her presence!
Don’t be deceived by this angelic face. This puppy is wild little rascal.
Blitz with her bag.
Sailor thinks Phanny should shake somewhere else.
Teka stares forlornly at a beautiful pair of Canada geese.
Phanny decide the desert was good place to run and frolic!
Blitz likes a good ride along, but don’t take her seat!
Teka can’t wait for her turn. She stakes out my truck.
She was still that little puppy at heart.
Blitz and Teka out in the woods.
There’s gold under that rainbow.
“A Forester and his Dog”‘ pen and ink.
Blitz finds a fish for me. “Hey Blitz that one is dead.”
Hunter in 2002
My sons and Nellie.
This was the site of the Little Giant Mill log deck.
The golden streak! Teka.
It must have hurt to be that cute. Makes me kind of misty.
Thanks Kinta! I’m glad you needed to go potty this morning.
Blitz steal a stick from her mom.
Teka and her person, Doug.
Sailor and Kinta find this whole adventure thing quite exhausting.
Yes I know it’s about hauling logs Blitz, but now you’re just showing off.
You had to know this would happen.
Feel the love.
Phanny on the run! As usual.
Nellie In Watercolor
Blitz gets a “little” love. 🙂
On the Upper Sacramento River.
Hawk during his last pheasant season.
Sailor and Kinta are ready for an adventure.
Bliss says to beware of predators hiding along the riverbank!
Blitz at four months.
Phanny and Bliss playing in the Yellowstone River.
Bliss
The big stick contest. Blitz and Nellie
Hunter motto was “It’s good to be Hunter!”
Blitz says, her critical period is pheasant season.
Blitz, the red dog!
Catching a nap.
Just hanging out.
Redtail’s Nitro Nellie just being “Boopie”
Tasha and Bliss at Sly Park Reservoir.
Sunset from our campsite in Idaho on the second night.
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.
Pine seedlings in a burn restoration. That’s me with Blaze and Hunter in 2006.
Blitz chills after an exhausting day of events. “Don’t get up Blitz, but I need to get into the refrigerator!”
The girls are loaded up and ready to roll.
Teka and Blitz train for the hunt tests.
Doug and Teka.
This looks like trouble, Bliss and Phanny!
A happy girl. Blaze and Hunter.
Nellie.
Blitz’s last hunt with us.
October 23, 2013
Blitz spots for me. She has seen this all before.
The consumate stick dog.
Bliss one year old.
On the Trinity River.
“Hey lazy dog, you’re sleeping on my sketchbook!”
Blitz joyfully returns with a bird.
A soft seat after a busy day feels so good. Blitz
Teka was born to hunt birds.
Bliss
Teka with the wind in her face.
Tim, Teka and Blitz.
Blitz and Teka on the beach near Brookings.
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.
Blitz loves a shaded fuelbreak. So many sticks, so little time.
She took to the water right away.
Bliss: “Rarr Rarr Ruff!!!” Me: “Everyone’s a critic. Maybe next time I’ll let the sleeping dog lie.”
Blitz grazes during a break.
Well this isn’t going well.
After a security sweep by Blitz it was determined that this log deck was clear of ferocious jack rabbits.
It’s a race.
Blitz goes back to what she does best.
I had a companion on this day. Tessa, our friends dog got to be a forester’s dog for a day.
May 5, 2001
Phanny swimming!
Tasha enjoys a romp in the Nevada desert. lots of room to run.
Hawk and Blitz were best buddies.
Blitz on a water retrieve.
This is where we escape. Mary give Blitz a snuggle.
Whoop whoop
Blitz and Teka came too. There were lots of dogs in attendance.
Refreshing. Nellie.
It seems Blitz is not impressed. 😦
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.
Blitz and Teka romp in the snow.
Kinta is the truck dog today, since Blitz had a doctors appointment.
Me and Blitz.
Once she was back home again she made the best of it.
Blitz sits on the same stump in 2014.
Bliss, Sailor and Tasha the three amigos.
Nellie
Mixing the canine color palette. Teka and Blitz with their lab friends.
Blitz the happy dog.
Blaze impatiently waits for her driver.
Time for the boys to watch from afar.
Teka Playing in the snow
Blitz would prefer to ride up front.
Blitz is happiest while doing her work.
Bliss loves to play and Tasha isn’t immune.
Nellie and Blitz
From left to right, Tasha, Phanny, Bliss and Sailor.
February 19, 2006
“Don’t you make that face at me Blitz…you are a bad dog!”
At a stop near Rye Patch Reservoir to stretch their legs, Sailor wanted to explore every smell.
such wonderful friends indeed
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Yes, they are as loyal as they come.
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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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We have actually had many more. I just haven’t had time to make a post about them all. Now we are down to two dogs, Blitz and Nellie, but we have our guest dog Teka for a few more months..
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I am curious and maybe this was posted before I found your blog. What caused Nellie to be so ill. One more question. Have any of your dogs been bitten by a rattler?
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Nellie was bitten multiple times by a rattler. I tell the story on this post, https://theforesterartist.com/2012/11/23/nellie-in-watercolor-part-5-the-rattler/.
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Thanks.I’ll read later today.
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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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Thank you so much. It is difficult to lose those little souls. They bring such joy. I’m glad you found my blog. I enjoyed your photography very much.
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What gorgeous dogs!
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Thanks, what would we do without our dogs!
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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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You are beauwoooowoooootiful pups! Wooooowooooooo!
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Many thanks and same to you Ku!
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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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Thank you Arlene, we love our”goldies” dearly!
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Hello, do you breed goldens? If so, do you have (or are you expecting) puppies?
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Hi Debbie, we do breed and we have a litter coming. My wife, Mary will contact you through the email.
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Thank you! I’ll look forward to Mary’s email.
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I’ve been reading and looking thru your website, love looking! saw the post on Nellie and the snake, lots of adventure going around. You’re a great story teller 🙂
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Thank you very much Debi! That story was definitely an adventure. One I hope never to repeat.
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as a dog lover, my heart nearly stopped! I was ‘worried’ even though it was ages ago. Then you lost her, & I had tears in my eyes. I’m originally from the Pac NW logging country near Mt. St. Helens, so my ears perked up, when I saw ‘logging and dogs’ LOL
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It’s true that most of us foresters have our dogs as traveling companions. I think because we work alone so much it’s nice to bring our buddy along. It’s never easy to lose them. They are our constant companions.
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they surely make the best companions 🙂 my girl went with me everywhere, Great buddy!
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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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