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Parker's brand-new friend Harper showed up at the dog park this morning:

Harper (named after author Lee and therefore destined to become friends with Boo) was the runt of 13 puppies born 15 weeks ago. Her owner reports that Harper has nearly doubled in weight over the past three weeks—a phenomenon I know all too well. And despite my inherent bias towards my own handsome pooch, I have to say Harper is the cutest thing to hit the park since Paris left for Milwaukee in March.

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Got one. Here's Parker in full-stealth mode:

This time the intended victim was Key, one of the enormous labs Parker has known for most of his life.

(I confess, this may be a photo of Buck. I'll have to take a look at Key's nose tomorrow morning...)

No ParkerCam today or Friday.

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From our visit to the park Saturday Morning: Parker sees an old friend.

I just missed catching him in his "no one can see me" crouch, in which he, a black dog with a wagging tail on short green grass, completely fails to surprise anything he thinks he's stalking.

Late correction, 12:45 CT: "Old" was exactly the wrong word for two reasons, now that I remember who was there. A 10-week-old golden retiever moved to the neighborhood recently; Parker met her for the first time moments after I took this photo. Unfortunately, Parker doesn't judge size terribly well, and he seems to think all golden retirevers weigh the same as his buddy Dexter (i.e., 42 kg). The puppy kept coming back for more, so I think Parker and she will get along fine.

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This little piggy went to hell: Parker disembowels yet another toy, decapitating it in the process.

So sad. This was one of his very first toys: a little squeaky pig that I got at the adoption event back in September.

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This is absolutely the last thing you want to see if you're a rabbit. Fortunately, given Parker's hunting skills, it wouldn't actually be the last thing you saw, but it would still scare the pellets out of you: