The Goldens

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

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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