The Goldens

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