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Female - 8 years old. No easily visible health problems: good appetite, gets around fine, hunts normally. She doesn't get run as much as my younger hounds. Yesterday, she was running way behind the pack, which was very unusual. I thought she was just more out of shape than I realized. It finally got so bad that I picked her up. While checking her out, I found a very large lump on her belly, near her hind legs, off to one side.
It has a spongy feel, if that makes sense. She doesn't appear to show pain when I press on it. Any ideas?

KPrice, it is probably a hernia and the vet will have to operate and fix it. The cost is usually about $60.00 here.

I agree with the hernia diagnosis. I have a female that recently underwent an operation for this. Operation plus antibiotics cost me about $100 and had to keep her confined for about 3 weeks.