The Goldens

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

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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