The Goldens

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

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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