The Goldens

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

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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