Crash Test Dummy

Gusto is very much like his Sire - Mayhem who is dying from some rectal cancer. It is very sad and I will miss knowing that he is part of this world. Gusto shares so many similarities to Mayhem. One of these traits is his happy attitude towards life (since I neutered him). Mayhem always seemed to smile and Gusto shares this trait if my memory serves me well.

I was at a friend's place yesterday running some tough sequences and someone was there that knew Mayhem and mentioned Gusto's face and how much it reminds her of his Daddy. Then Gusto did a very Mayhem thing - he splatted on to the Frame. I never saw Mayhem do this but he was regularly referred to as "Crash Test Dummy" and I immediately thought of that comment when Gusto decided to splat the up part of the contact, leaving about an inch patch of fur on the frame.

Gusto was wild yesterday - dropped bars (at 22), went off course and missed almost every freakin weave entry because I didn't slow down so that he could figure out how to get in to the weaves even though he has been doing this for at least a year on his own with no help from me!!! Oh well, will be working the weaves today. Another legacy shared with his Daddy - the dog that could never rock back, slow down to find his own weave entries.

Farewell sweet Mayhem - you will be sadly missed.