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Overweight Shelter Dog Peggy Sue Loses Weight and Finds a Home

Good News Network 17 October 2026 1 min read

⏮ BeforePeggy Sue weighed 70 pounds and struggled with walking, infections and overheating.
✅ NowShe has lost weight and found a new home.

In short

  • Peggy Sue weighed 70 pounds (32.5kg) before she was taken to the RSPCA's West Hatch Animal Centre in England.
  • Her size made walking hard and caused infections and overheating.
  • She has now lost weight and found a new home.

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Peggy Sue was too heavy to walk comfortably and suffered infections and overheating. Shelter care helped her shed weight, and she has now been rehomed. The source gives no figures for how much she lost.

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A massive shelter dog that weighed the same as a baby hippo has shed the pounds—and found a new home. The huge bulldog named Peggy Sue swelled to 70 pounds (32.5kg) before she was taken to the RSPCA’s West Hatch Animal Centre in England. She was so large she struggled with walking, infections, and overheating, […] The post Massive 70lb Dog the Size of Baby Hippo Sheds Pounds and Gets New Home appeared first on Good News Network .

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A big dog named Peggy Sue was very heavy. She went to a kind place called the RSPCA in England. Now she is lighter and has a new family.

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