> CS> I will admit Cash has one really neat thing.  He doesnt bark very often
 > CS> but
 > CS> when he lets loose his version of a beagle 'baay', all other sounds
 > CS> 'cease'
 > CS> in AWE.  It's like a beagle but deeper and much LOUDER.  I know because
 > CS> the
 > CS> other beagles around sound cute in comparison and 'shut up' when Cash
 > CS> starts.
 > 
 > Sounds like a hound dog.  Maybe he has the vocal chords of one.

Could well be!  His ancestry is a mystery that is fun to speculate about but
will never be known.

 > CS> I will admit I am fortunate he's not a frequent barker and I've only see
 > CS> him
 > CS> do it once at night (quickly settled, stray squirrel in the window right
 > CS> in
 > CS> his view).
 > 
 > That's the type of dog who only alerts you to something strange around him. 
 > had a shepherd that would bark at birds flying overhead.  I didn't have time
 > cure her of that.

hehehe, yes, just the odd stuff makes him bark/bayoo.  Birds facinate him but
he doesnt bark at them as a general rule.
               xxcarol
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