Woolgather Farm -- Flash

FDX CGC
ABC 49811
1994-2008

This page has music available that you may turn on.
You can hear the Australian sheepshearer's song "Flash Jack From Gundagai" by clicking the right arrow above.
You may also turn it off by clicking on the two parallel lines.

All among the wool boys all among the wool
Keep your blades full boys keep your blades full
I can do a respectable tally myself whenever I like to try
And they know me round the backblocks as Flash Jack from Gundagai

Flash, like Bess, was bred by Francis Raley of Crawford, Texas. They were not related to each other, but both came from imported Welsh working lines. A year and a half apart (Flash was born in 1994, and Bess is the elder of the two), and never having been at Raley's at the same time, they often acted as if they were littermates and were devoted to one another. Flash was trained to work the same time Bess was, but was never much of a working dog. He was always much too interested in just hanging with his humans. Flash earned his Canine Good Citizen (CGC) award and his Flyball Dog Excellent (FDX) titles, but also got started in flyball too late to really be speedy enough, and his interest in sports was similar to his interest in herding. Flash had an excellent temperament, was very laid back, very outgoing, and very confident. He had the demeanor of a true dominant dog and no one really ever challanged him until he became old and ill in the late spring of 2008. Flash died on October 1, 2008 of liver failure. He was 14 years and 3 months old. The photos are in ramdom order.