The Goldens

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

30 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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