The Goldens

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

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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