The Goldens

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

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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