The Goldens

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

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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