The Goldens

This is where we escape. Mary give Blitz a snuggle.
Bliss and Tasha in the Sierra.
Phanny joined us for some pre-season scouting.
My oldest son, Chris with his girl Nellie. This was her last pheasant season.
Bliss
This looks like trouble, Bliss and Phanny!
Teka and her person, Doug.
Refreshing. Nellie.
That’s not a flower either, but it is wild.
The forester’s dog and the loggers dog.
Hawk and Blitz were best buddies.
The race is on! Teka.
Flying high.
Me and Blitz.
Blitz and Teka on the beach near Brookings.
Nellie and Blitz.
Nellie.
It seems Blitz is not impressed. 😦
On the Trinity River.
There’s gold under that rainbow.
Sunset from our campsite in Idaho on the second night.
Blitz with her bag.
Me: “Well, what do you think?” Bliss: “Sniff, sniff.”
She took to the water right away.
Blitz joyfully returns with a bird.
Blitz sits on the same stump in 2014.
Doug and Teka.
She loves playing with her buddy Sailor.
Whoop whoop
Looking down the hill at our pond with Sailer, Tasha and Bliss.
Mixing the canine color palette. Teka and Blitz with their lab friends.
My sons and Nellie.
From left to right, Tasha, Phanny, Bliss and Sailor.
Teka stares forlornly at a beautiful pair of Canada geese.
Feel the love.
In the twilight.
Phanny swimming!
Blitz giving her best regal pose.
And hunting buddies
Bliss: “Rarr Rarr Ruff!!!” Me: “Everyone’s a critic. Maybe next time I’ll let the sleeping dog lie.”
It’s a race.
Bliss at the Gallatin River, Montana. The Gallatin River is a tributary of the Missouri River.
Blitz says, her critical period is pheasant season.
Blitz the happy dog.
Water Break, Nellie and Blitz.
Blitz loved the woods.
“Can I get out of the truck please.”
Phanny and Bliss playing in the Yellowstone River.
Nellie in her youth at Iron Canyon Reservoir.
Nellie
Bliss, Sailor and Tasha the three amigos.
Tasha and Bliss stop for a drink.
Sailor thinks Phanny should shake somewhere else.
Teka Playing in the snow
Tasha and Bliss at Sly Park Reservoir.
Phanny on the run! As usual.
Teka with the wind in her face.
October 23, 2013
Bliss one year old.
Blitz at four months.
Hawk
On the Upper Sacramento River.
Phanny, Bliss, and Tasha decided Mary makes for good playground equipment.
Phanny decide the desert was good place to run and frolic!
Blitz
I had a companion on this day. Tessa, our friends dog got to be a forester’s dog for a day.
The consumate stick dog.
Blitz chills after an exhausting day of events. “Don’t get up Blitz, but I need to get into the refrigerator!”
Blitz, the red dog!
Blitz grazes during a break.
Looking good.
After a security sweep by Blitz it was determined that this log deck was clear of ferocious jack rabbits.
A happy girl. Blaze and Hunter.
Blitz says, “Can’t trust em’, they remind me of cats!”
The pack!
Nellie and Blitz
Bliss at Dog Creek.
Blitz goes back to what she does best.
Divya’s portrait of Blaze and Hunter.
Squirrels tremble in her presence!
Pine seedlings in a burn restoration. That’s me with Blaze and Hunter in 2006.
Blitz would prefer to ride up front.
Nellie loves her sticks.
Sailor and Kinta are ready for an adventure.
Mary and Blitz take a stroll on the beach.
It must have hurt to be that cute. Makes me kind of misty.
Bliss, Tasha and Sailor in Montana.
“Hey lazy dog, you’re sleeping on my sketchbook!”
Just hanging out.
Blitz loves a shaded fuelbreak. So many sticks, so little time.
Once she was back home again she made the best of it.
Tim, Teka and Blitz.
Yes I know it’s about hauling logs Blitz, but now you’re just showing off.
Well this isn’t going well.
“Is that a grouse I see?”
Blitz steal a stick from her mom.
Blitz spots for me. She has seen this all before.
Nellie
It just doesn’t seem right to not end this post with a picture of Blitz. She’s still here in spirit.
Blitz and Nellie taking a break for a swim at Lake Prairie
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.
On the road home and Blitz is dreaming of ducks.
Mary and Tom dog visiting Nellie at the Vet’s office. She was one sick pup, but it sure perked her up seeing us.
Nellie In Watercolor
Blitz and Teka romp in the snow.
Bliss
Blitz on a water retrieve.
At a stop near Rye Patch Reservoir to stretch their legs, Sailor wanted to explore every smell.
Bliss loves to play and Tasha isn’t immune.
Big pine in the Coast Range.
February 19, 2006
“Squirrel, gotta go!”
“Kinta you are not the photo editor!”
August 6, 2006 — April 25, 2014
She was still that little puppy at heart.
Blitz
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 and Teka came too. There were lots of dogs in attendance.
Teka can’t wait for her turn. She stakes out my truck.
Being a forester’s dog is exhausting.
Blitz gets a “little” love. 🙂
Blitz’s last hunt with us.
Blitz
The girls are loaded up and ready to roll.
Blitz know that she better be rolling in the snow while she still can.
Catching a nap.
Hunter and the big pine.
Teka was born to hunt birds.
The Doctor Bob released her to come back to camp for our last night.
Blitz finds a fish for me. “Hey Blitz that one is dead.”
“Don’t you make that face at me Blitz…you are a bad dog!”
The golden streak! Teka.
When we got home she had to go back into the hospital.
Blitz decided she would just wait in the truck during. She figured the bear would be full after a yummy forester meal.
May 5, 2001
Thanks Kinta! I’m glad you needed to go potty this morning.
Teka and Blitz were busy plotting against His Excellency!
Kinta is the truck dog today, since Blitz had a doctors appointment.
You had to know this would happen.
Blitz and Teka out in the woods.
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.
“A Forester and his Dog”‘ pen and ink.
This was the site of the Little Giant Mill log deck.
Bliss, feeling much better after a swim.
The big stick contest. Blitz and Nellie
Don’t be deceived by this angelic face. This puppy is wild little rascal.
Blaze impatiently waits for her driver.
Bliss is helping with the log quality control. She offer to take care of the tiny log and left me the big ones.
Redtail’s Nitro Nellie just being “Boopie”
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.
Blitz has a lively pheasant.
Tasha enjoys a romp in the Nevada desert. lots of room to run.
A soft seat after a busy day feels so good. Blitz
Time for the boys to watch from afar.
Blitz likes a good ride along, but don’t take her seat!
Hunter motto was “It’s good to be Hunter!”
Ponderosa burn fire salvage. Santee.
Hunter in 2002
Bliss says to beware of predators hiding along the riverbank!
Blitz is happiest while doing her work.
Blitz loves the snow.
The morning ritual, ” Hey I need some attention here!” Nellie.
Nellie and Blitz
Hawk during his last pheasant season.
Sailor and Kinta find this whole adventure thing quite exhausting.

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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