The Goldens

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

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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