The Goldens

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

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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