The Goldens

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

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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