The Goldens

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

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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