The Goldens

Ponderosa burn fire salvage. Santee.
Once she was back home again she made the best of it.
Bliss says to beware of predators hiding along the riverbank!
There’s gold under that rainbow.
May 5, 2001
Hawk and Blitz were best buddies.
Bliss loves to play and Tasha isn’t immune.
Teka and Blitz train for the hunt tests.
Nellie in her youth at Iron Canyon Reservoir.
Water Break, Nellie and Blitz.
Feel the love.
After a security sweep by Blitz it was determined that this log deck was clear of ferocious jack rabbits.
Mary and Tom dog visiting Nellie at the Vet’s office. She was one sick pup, but it sure perked her up seeing us.
Blitz and Teka romp in the snow.
This is where we escape. Mary give Blitz a snuggle.
Tim, Teka and Blitz.
Bliss at the Gallatin River, Montana. The Gallatin River is a tributary of the Missouri River.
Phanny swimming!
“Is that a grouse I see?”
Phanny joined us for some pre-season scouting.
Looking good.
Sailor thinks Phanny should shake somewhere else.
Tasha and Bliss stop for a drink.
Hawk
At a stop near Rye Patch Reservoir to stretch their legs, Sailor wanted to explore every smell.
A happy girl. Blaze and Hunter.
Bliss: “Rarr Rarr Ruff!!!” Me: “Everyone’s a critic. Maybe next time I’ll let the sleeping dog lie.”
From left to right, Tasha, Phanny, Bliss and Sailor.
Don’t be deceived by this angelic face. This puppy is wild little rascal.
Just hanging out.
October 23, 2013
It seems Blitz is not impressed. 😦
The girls are loaded up and ready to roll.
“Kinta you are not the photo editor!”
August 6, 2006 — April 25, 2014
Well this isn’t going well.
Blitz giving her best regal pose.
Blitz likes a good ride along, but don’t take her seat!
Teka Playing in the snow
When we got home she had to go back into the hospital.
Blitz and Nellie taking a break for a swim at Lake Prairie
Being a forester’s dog is exhausting.
Blitz gets a “little” love. 🙂
Teka stares forlornly at a beautiful pair of Canada geese.
My oldest son, Chris with his girl Nellie. This was her last pheasant season.
Teka and Blitz were busy plotting against His Excellency!
Refreshing. Nellie.
Whoop whoop
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.
Teka can’t wait for her turn. She stakes out my truck.
Teka with the wind in her face.
Sailor and Kinta find this whole adventure thing quite exhausting.
Sunset from our campsite in Idaho on the second night.
Blitz has a lively pheasant.
Blitz finds a fish for me. “Hey Blitz that one is dead.”
Blitz and Teka out in the woods.
Blitz grazes during a break.
That’s not a flower either, but it is wild.
Blitz steal a stick from her mom.
On the road home and Blitz is dreaming of ducks.
Bliss, Sailor and Tasha the three amigos.
Nellie loves her sticks.
Blitz and Teka came too. There were lots of dogs in attendance.
Nellie
Hunter and the big pine.
Phanny on the run! As usual.
Me: “Well, what do you think?” Bliss: “Sniff, sniff.”
The race is on! Teka.
Squirrels tremble in her presence!
Flying high.
Blitz says, her critical period is pheasant season.
The pack!
And hunting buddies
Blitz loved the woods.
Blitz’s last hunt with us.
Blitz
Big pine in the Coast Range.
In the twilight.
Bliss at Dog Creek.
“Squirrel, gotta go!”
Teka and her person, Doug.
Me and Blitz.
Blitz goes back to what she does best.
Blitz loves a shaded fuelbreak. So many sticks, so little time.
Blitz chills after an exhausting day of events. “Don’t get up Blitz, but I need to get into the refrigerator!”
Looking down the hill at our pond with Sailer, Tasha and Bliss.
Hunter motto was “It’s good to be Hunter!”
You had to know this would happen.
Nellie In Watercolor
Nellie and Blitz
Kinta is the truck dog today, since Blitz had a doctors appointment.
Blitz decided she would just wait in the truck during. She figured the bear would be full after a yummy forester meal.
Phanny decide the desert was good place to run and frolic!
Doug and Teka.
She took to the water right away.
Sailor and Kinta are ready for an adventure.
Blitz know that she better be rolling in the snow while she still can.
“Hey lazy dog, you’re sleeping on my sketchbook!”
Bliss one year old.
Blitz
Phanny and Bliss playing in the Yellowstone River.
Hawk during his last pheasant season.
Bliss is helping with the log quality control. She offer to take care of the tiny log and left me the big ones.
Tasha and Bliss at Sly Park Reservoir.
Mary and Blitz take a stroll on the beach.
Pine seedlings in a burn restoration. That’s me with Blaze and Hunter in 2006.
This looks like trouble, Bliss and Phanny!
Redtail’s Nitro Nellie just being “Boopie”
Nellie
I had a companion on this day. Tessa, our friends dog got to be a forester’s dog for a day.
Catching a nap.
“Can I get out of the truck please.”
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 loves the snow.
Bliss and Tasha in the Sierra.
Blitz, the red dog!
Nellie.
Nellie and Blitz.
The golden streak! Teka.
Time for the boys to watch from afar.
Tasha enjoys a romp in the Nevada desert. lots of room to run.
The forester’s dog and the loggers dog.
Blaze impatiently waits for her driver.
Blitz with her bag.
Bliss, feeling much better after a swim.
Blitz sits on the same stump in 2014.
Bliss
A soft seat after a busy day feels so good. Blitz
It’s a race.
It must have hurt to be that cute. Makes me kind of misty.
February 19, 2006
Bliss
On the Upper Sacramento River.
Divya’s portrait of Blaze and Hunter.
The big stick contest. Blitz and Nellie
Mixing the canine color palette. Teka and Blitz with their lab friends.
She was still that little puppy at heart.
Hunter in 2002
Blitz is happiest while doing her work.
“A Forester and his Dog”‘ pen and ink.
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.
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.
The consumate stick dog.
Nellie and Blitz
This was the site of the Little Giant Mill log deck.
Phanny, Bliss, and Tasha decided Mary makes for good playground equipment.
Blitz on a water retrieve.
Yes I know it’s about hauling logs Blitz, but now you’re just showing off.
She loves playing with her buddy Sailor.
My sons and Nellie.
Blitz the happy dog.
Blitz spots for me. She has seen this all before.
Blitz at four months.
Bliss, Tasha and Sailor in Montana.
Thanks Kinta! I’m glad you needed to go potty this morning.
Blitz would prefer to ride up front.
It just doesn’t seem right to not end this post with a picture of Blitz. She’s still here in spirit.
“Don’t you make that face at me Blitz…you are a bad dog!”
Blitz and Teka on the beach near Brookings.
The Doctor Bob released her to come back to camp for our last night.
Blitz
On the Trinity River.
Teka was born to hunt birds.
Blitz says, “Can’t trust em’, they remind me of cats!”
The morning ritual, ” Hey I need some attention here!” Nellie.

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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