The Goldens

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

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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