The Goldens

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

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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