The Goldens

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

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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