OXNARD, Calif. -- Dallas Cowboys receiver Dwayne Harris checked into training camp weighing 199 pounds, down eight or nine pounds from a year ago.

How did he do it? He ate better, worked out a little more -- and chased animals.

Yes, chased animals. If you have visions of "Rocky II" with Sylvester Stallone chasing chickens around, you're not far off.

"I'd just go out, man, and look for stuff to run after," Harris said. "All kinds of stuff. Rabbits. Cats. Everything. Especially when I was back at home with my mom [in Stone Mountain, Ga.]. We live in the woods, so there was a lot of stuff running out there."