Pancho, a chihuahua cross, waits to be sprinkled with holy water at the Blessing of the Animals in Los AngelesPhotograph: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty ImagesLillybell and Sweet Pea at the Blessing of the AnimalsPhotograph: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty ImagesCoco Bella is dressed as a ballerina for the Times Square Dog Day Masquerade in New YorkPhotograph: Natalie Behring/Reuters
'Vinny the Pimp' competes in the Times Square Dog Day MasqueradePhotograph: Natalie Behring/ReutersLittle, best in show at 'Howl-oween', a dog costume competition in BostonPhotograph: Lisa Poole/APMondex is dressed as a scuba diver at a dog show in ManilaPhotograph: Aaron Favila/APTinkerbell, a chihuahua-pomeranian mix, is dressed to go out in Tokyo Photograph: Kim Kyung-hoon/ReutersTequila wears sunglasses at the Westminster dog show in New YorkPhotograph: Seth Wenig/APConan prayers beside a Buddhist priest at a temple in Japan. Chihuahuas are growing popular as a 'prayer dogs'Photograph: Toru Yamanaka/AFP/Getty ImagesJames Bond, adopted from an animal shelter in San Francisco - one chihuahua with a happy endingPhotograph: Russel A. Daniels/AP
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