The Goldens

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

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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