The Goldens

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

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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