The Goldens

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

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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