The Goldens

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

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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