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Ok, so now we've done a urine analysis for Angus (about $60) and we've had a blood test completed ($180) and there was nothing wrong with Angus. The blood tests did show his awesomeness levels were through the roof, but we knew that. And there's no treatment for awesomeness. It is a chronic condition that seems to increase each day with Angus.

The Vet wanted to run more tests: X-rays, aspirate his lymph nodes (essentially a lymph node biopsy), but I don't think we're going to bother. His whole line of reasoning with this is that Angus doesn't look like a dog who is thriving; his skin has issues, his fur isn't great, he is too skinny, etc. That, in a nutshell, is Angus. His skin has never been great, his fur has always been lack lustre, and as for the skinniness, he's already gained a kilo since we increased his food rations each day. So while we are happy that our vet is concerned enough to want to delve deeper, I don't see much point at this time. I should also point out that the original reason we took him to see the Vet was to have his anal glands expressed, because he was scooting around.

Yesterday's run was a simple 5 KM up Rangoon, the 62 metre up hill climb. Granted that 62 metres is stretched over 2.5 KM. I was out at a work function yesterday and had a fair amount to eat, so I didn't want to go for a run first thing this morning, so we deferred our 8 KM run to the evening.