The Goldens

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

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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