The Goldens

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

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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