Heavy Hounds: A Gallery of Portly Pooches

Heavy Hounds: A Gallery of Portly Pooches

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Ashley, Jennie and Pickles exercise together while trainer Cindy Hauss looks on. "It doesn't necessarily have to be complicated," said Vogelsang. "At the end of the day, it's calories in, calories out."

Stephanie Pappas
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Stephanie Pappas is a contributing writer for Live Science, covering topics ranging from geoscience to archaeology to the human brain and behavior. She was previously a senior writer for Live Science but is now a freelancer based in Denver, Colorado, and regularly contributes to Scientific American and The Monitor, the monthly magazine of the American Psychological Association. Stephanie received a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of South Carolina and a graduate certificate in science communication from the University of California, Santa Cruz.