The Goldens

Bliss
Looking good.
Nellie and Blitz.
Blitz at four months.
Nellie in her youth at Iron Canyon Reservoir.
The consumate stick dog.
Blitz grazes during a break.
Teka was born to hunt birds.
It seems Blitz is not impressed. 😦
I had a companion on this day. Tessa, our friends dog got to be a forester’s dog for a day.
Once she was back home again she made the best of it.
The girls are loaded up and ready to roll.
Water Break, Nellie and Blitz.
Blitz spots for me. She has seen this all before.
Blitz loves the snow.
Yes I know it’s about hauling logs Blitz, but now you’re just showing off.
Blitz joyfully returns with a bird.
In the twilight.
“Hey lazy dog, you’re sleeping on my sketchbook!”
It’s a race.
May 5, 2001
A happy girl. Blaze and Hunter.
Mary and Tom dog visiting Nellie at the Vet’s office. She was one sick pup, but it sure perked her up seeing us.
A soft seat after a busy day feels so good. Blitz
Blitz giving her best regal pose.
Ponderosa burn fire salvage. Santee.
Hunter and the big pine.
Catching a nap.
Sunset from our campsite in Idaho on the second night.
August 6, 2006 — April 25, 2014
“Squirrel, gotta go!”
Phanny, Bliss, and Tasha decided Mary makes for good playground equipment.
Bliss says to beware of predators hiding along the riverbank!
Blitz steal a stick from her mom.
Doug and Teka.
Blitz chills after an exhausting day of events. “Don’t get up Blitz, but I need to get into the refrigerator!”
Phanny swimming!
Sailor and Kinta find this whole adventure thing quite exhausting.
Phanny on the run! As usual.
Blitz and Teka came too. There were lots of dogs in attendance.
Bliss, feeling much better after a swim.
Blitz
Tasha enjoys a romp in the Nevada desert. lots of room to run.
Blitz on a water retrieve.
“Can I get out of the truck please.”
Phanny joined us for some pre-season scouting.
Blitz the happy dog.
The Doctor Bob released her to come back to camp for our last night.
Hawk and Blitz were best buddies.
Blitz would prefer to ride up front.
Mixing the canine color palette. Teka and Blitz with their lab friends.
Blitz is happiest while doing her work.
When we got home she had to go back into the hospital.
On the Upper Sacramento River.
Bliss and Tasha in the Sierra.
The morning ritual, ” Hey I need some attention here!” Nellie.
Looking down the hill at our pond with Sailer, Tasha and Bliss.
Blitz goes back to what she does best.
Blitz know that she better be rolling in the snow while she still can.
Sailor and Kinta are ready for an adventure.
This is where we escape. Mary give Blitz a snuggle.
Bliss at Dog Creek.
Teka Playing in the snow
The forester’s dog and the loggers dog.
Blitz finds a fish for me. “Hey Blitz that one is dead.”
Bliss, Tasha and Sailor in Montana.
Tasha and Bliss at Sly Park Reservoir.
From left to right, Tasha, Phanny, Bliss and Sailor.
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 with her bag.
February 19, 2006
Blitz and Teka out in the woods.
Well this isn’t going well.
At a stop near Rye Patch Reservoir to stretch their legs, Sailor wanted to explore every smell.
Redtail’s Nitro Nellie just being “Boopie”
Blitz, the red dog!
Teka and her person, Doug.
“A Forester and his Dog”‘ pen and ink.
“Don’t you make that face at me Blitz…you are a bad dog!”
On the Trinity River.
“Is that a grouse I see?”
Blitz sits on the same stump in 2014.
Blaze impatiently waits for her driver.
The golden streak! Teka.
Being a forester’s dog is exhausting.
Blitz gets a “little” love. 🙂
My sons and Nellie.
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.
There’s gold under that rainbow.
Nellie
This was the site of the Little Giant Mill log deck.
Tim, Teka and Blitz.
Just hanging out.
Don’t be deceived by this angelic face. This puppy is wild little rascal.
Blitz says, “Can’t trust em’, they remind me of cats!”
Mary and Blitz take a stroll on the beach.
On the road home and Blitz is dreaming of ducks.
Blitz says, her critical period is pheasant season.
Kinta is the truck dog today, since Blitz had a doctors appointment.
Sailor thinks Phanny should shake somewhere else.
After a security sweep by Blitz it was determined that this log deck was clear of ferocious jack rabbits.
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.
She was still that little puppy at heart.
Refreshing. Nellie.
Hunter motto was “It’s good to be Hunter!”
Time for the boys to watch from afar.
Blitz loves a shaded fuelbreak. So many sticks, so little time.
Tasha and Bliss stop for a drink.
Hawk
Nellie In Watercolor
Bliss loves to play and Tasha isn’t immune.
She took to the water right away.
The big stick contest. Blitz and Nellie
Blitz
Nellie.
Hawk during his last pheasant season.
Teka with the wind in her face.
Whoop whoop
Thanks Kinta! I’m glad you needed to go potty this morning.
Blitz
Bliss, Sailor and Tasha the three amigos.
The race is on! Teka.
Blitz likes a good ride along, but don’t take her seat!
You had to know this would happen.
Blitz’s last hunt with us.
Phanny decide the desert was good place to run and frolic!
This looks like trouble, Bliss and Phanny!
Nellie and Blitz
Blitz and Teka romp in the snow.
It just doesn’t seem right to not end this post with a picture of Blitz. She’s still here in spirit.
Teka and Blitz were busy plotting against His Excellency!
Squirrels tremble in her presence!
Hunter in 2002
That’s not a flower either, but it is wild.
Blitz and Nellie taking a break for a swim at Lake Prairie
Bliss one year old.
My oldest son, Chris with his girl Nellie. This was her last pheasant season.
And hunting buddies
Phanny and Bliss playing in the Yellowstone River.
Me and Blitz.
It must have hurt to be that cute. Makes me kind of misty.
Teka and Blitz train for the hunt tests.
She loves playing with her buddy Sailor.
Bliss at the Gallatin River, Montana. The Gallatin River is a tributary of the Missouri River.
Blitz and Teka on the beach near Brookings.
“Kinta you are not the photo editor!”
Flying high.
Feel the love.
Teka can’t wait for her turn. She stakes out my truck.
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.
The pack!
Me: “Well, what do you think?” Bliss: “Sniff, sniff.”
Blitz decided she would just wait in the truck during. She figured the bear would be full after a yummy forester meal.
Nellie loves her sticks.
Nellie
Nellie and Blitz
Divya’s portrait of Blaze and Hunter.
Blitz loved the woods.
Teka stares forlornly at a beautiful pair of Canada geese.
Bliss: “Rarr Rarr Ruff!!!” Me: “Everyone’s a critic. Maybe next time I’ll let the sleeping dog lie.”
Pine seedlings in a burn restoration. That’s me with Blaze and Hunter in 2006.
Bliss
Big pine in the Coast Range.
Bliss is helping with the log quality control. She offer to take care of the tiny log and left me the big ones.
October 23, 2013

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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