The Goldens

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

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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