The Goldens

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

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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