Cash got an opening today (2 days early) and Don walked him down. He's
still to come back for test results.

Preliminary. Records were sent to them as i had listed them. we got a
backup partial copy 4 days ago that we were not sure of completeness. They
had the rest.

Per vet, Cash is underweight. At the moment he weighed in at 34 lbs (had
been fed and had not yet processed it out ;-). Vet said, have him gain
about 3 more over that but slowly and let him look at him then. Might
potentially need 4 lbs more for optimum. So 37-38lbs. Current feeding to
maintain at 1 cup in morning, 1 cup in evening, and a collective of treats
(for training) of about 6 of the smaller biscuits we are using or suitable
equals (we were breaking 3 to 6 parts, he says stop breaking them).

Bring him in monthly for now as his heart may have been damaged? Do NOT
take him on any long jogs but walking speed is fine. Running about for 5
mins solid in back yard is max for now then a 30 min calm down. Watch his
breathing carefully. Pay attention to the fact that he normally pretty much
ambles along at human speed (his comfort level). Walking him 2 miles a day
collective highly recommened but not in damp weather until they finish some
other tests. (something respiratory or heart isnt quite right but may be
just the heartworm aftereffects and go away or may be lifelong damage).

One rib definately odd. Suspects broken and not properly set (this the
indented one above lowest full rib). Lowest rib seems malformed and might
be genetic or may have also been broken and healed slightly 'outwards'
(other side is normal for both). Neither appear to give any problems with
pain and not believed to be related to his slight breathfulness on exercise.

Overall, other than possible aftereffects of heartworms still only 4 months
past initial treatment, seems very healthy and happy. No sign of hip
problems but one leg is *faintly* shorter than the other and experience
showed a slight difference in his walk by trainer which vet validates. Vet
says is almost sure to be genetic (no sign of other problems).

Asked on apparent mix and anything we should watch for, vet said looked like
a long legged large muscular beagle on first glance, closer look, watch for
typical large breed bulldog hip problems. He couldnt really pickout
anything other than beagle as a specific breed for sure but he's obviously
mixed and probably not with bassett but mostly other larger scent hounds.
Very strong neck muscles and broad muscular chest were most apparently not
'beagle' and he said most in structure like large bulldog so suspects he's
not all scent hound. He also said the foxhound wasnt all that likely (Don
had a list of things from me over the phone to ask) but he could understand
why the looks overall seemed likely to a regular person. Body build just
way too muscular for that.

Asked about possible harnesses, he said to wait for the trainer to test
different ones as he's not unsuitable to what we are using (a thicker wider
one than most would use on a dog of this size). He said he thinks if we
ever want him really well leash trained, the harness way means we'll always
have to use that. Since he's seeming to leash train well to the collar we
have, vet says best to work with that than make a shortcut since we can
leave that on all the time without problems but the harnesses have to come
off (I didnt know that, DUH later once told!).

Asked about the peeing in the house, got 'at his age, yeah first time in new
place is not uncommon, repeated is a problem'. Given repeat incident, he
suspects either dog didnt know garage was 'indoors' but that did not believe
it was likely, or uncertainty due to being ignored and possibly submissive
activity (his guess as most likely). Added that with 2 female dogs in heat
across the street (another cropped up wearing 'pants') and him unfixed, this
'peeing' behavior may be re-enacted as marking behavior but his heart
situation needs to be evaluated before we can safely have him 'snipped'.
Don said he looked a little unhappy but said if that starts, we might have
to just put up with it for a week and it would go away as the 'ladies'
passed heat stage. We can not have Cash 'snipped' yet. May at soonest.

My own assessment: I may want to pay to have Cash snipped (when it is safe)
at the full vet facility. Although the SPCA facilities are fine and very
good with this as they do it all the time, they just dont have the right
gear to deal with a possible heart damage dog if something goes awry in the
middle. SPCA are generally working with dogs with no health problems, or
ones that if they do not survive, had no homes and were on the road to being
euthanized if not finding a home fast.
(SPCA would be free for us, vet will cost).