The Goldens

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

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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