The Goldens

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

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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