Terrible news about Dusty. I only knew him on here but in this era true friendships can develop online even if you never meet. On the caff he was an astute assessor of races, a great contributor, and a real generous provider of his thoughts. He sure knew his dogs!
Just back in October Dusty messaged me and I've decided to share some of his comments. I do this out of respect for him because I think it shows his compassion and determination to continue to contribute to helping others. I hope that maybe his friends and family might get something positive out of this small snippet that he shared with me.
8 October 2015
"Going through gluten withdrawal at the moment which is kinda like a drug withdrawal-not pleasant but been through a lot so I'll be fine once my system sorts itself. I've been spending most of my time helping others in Facebook health groups while I've been struggling to help myself! Hoping to be 100% in 2-3 years from now which would be a good result after being sick off and on pretty much my whole life(am 35).
When I'm well, I have options. Wanna get into the dogs more seriously because I'm going really well(putting loads of work in studying/recording bets etc as I was) and found best tracks are in the North Island-might have told you that ages ago. Best bet types have been Jackpot First 4s and Eachway. Will be nice to get to the tracks again because that's what I really like. Also like to get back into owning dogs, haven't had one for about 3 years.
I am considering getting into Counselling, but obviously want to be 100% to do the training. Have always considered doing tertiary so just gotta get myself right. Have had plenty myself, I'm an empath and had fair share of tough going.
The other option I'm considering is Functional Medicine/Holistic doctor as I'm pretty much doing that already with advice that I offer but don't get paid, just happy to volunteer at the moment and get a name for myself. My brother is a web designer so he could do me a website for zip."
RIP Eugene/Dusty