The Goldens

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

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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