The Goldens

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

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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