The Goldens

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