The Goldens

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

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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