The Goldens

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

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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