The Goldens

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

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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