The Goldens

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

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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