The Goldens

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

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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