The Goldens

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