The Goldens

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

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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