The Goldens

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

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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