The Goldens

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

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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