The Goldens

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

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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