The Goldens

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

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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