The Goldens

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

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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