The Goldens

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

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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