The Goldens

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

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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