The Goldens

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

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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