The Barking Lot is a regular weekly feature of This Just In…Written by my lovely wife, Jennifer and me.  It opens with the weekend dog walking forecast followed by the main blog from dog lover, Jennifer. Then it’s DOGS IN THE NEWS and our close. Enjoy!

THE WEEKEND DOG-WALKING FORECAST: We grade the weather outlook for taking your pet outdoors.

TODAY:  Partly cloudy. High of 49. That’s warmer than the average.  “B”

SUNDAY: Mostly sunny. High of 50. “B”

Here’s my lovely wife, Jennifer with this week’s main blog.

Well, actually, she’s sorta, Thanksgivinged-out, if I may coin such a word. So let me have another shot at this in her place. Here we go.

You say you had Thanksgiving dinner on Thanksgiving (Yes, I intended to write it that way). Someone at the table probably led the assembly in prayer. Grace turned out to be short and sweet.

At some point either during  the brief acknowledgement of God or at halftime or the respite  between dressing and pumpkin pie did you reserve gratitude for, of course, family, close and not so close?

Dear friends?

Employment?

Your child’s/children’s teacher/teachers?

Police?

Firefighters?

The military?

The newspaper delivery person?

And on and on and on.

Maybe you saved some note of thanks for…well, you should know where this is going.

Enjoy.

Time now for DOGS IN THE NEWS, canines that made headlines the past week.

How a dispute over dog droppings put a celebrated homicide detective and a judge under scrutiny.

Dogs on Patrol: Residents in Australia and their pets recruited to help police prevent local crimes.

She admits it wasn’t the smartest thing to do….MORE.

Dogs remember what you do…MORE

What a dog’s nose…knows.

Just what you want, right? Running with your dog in a triathlon.

This dog house is…tech savvy.

While you were watching football … MORE.

THAT’S IT FOR DOGS IN THE NEWS.

HERE’S OUR DOG PHOTO OF THE WEEK:

Volunteers anchor down the Trixie the Dog balloon on West 77th Street on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016, a day before the 90th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in Manhattan. (Photo: Getty Images / Drew Angerer)

WAIT  A MINUTE!

THAT’S NOT A REAL DOG!

OK, OK!

Kya’s a real dog.

And some little kids with big dogs.

We close as we always do with our closing video.

Nervous Soldier Worries Military Dog Won’t Remember Him When They Make Eye Contact After 3 Years.

That’s it for this week.

Thanks for stopping by.

See ya, BARK, next week!