The Goldens

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

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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