dog dressed as pope.
Jeanne Noonan, New York Daily News Eli the chihuahua, a celebrated doggy model, caused a commotion when he dressed up as Pope Benedict XVI for this year's Times Square Dog Day Masquerade event in New York City. Photographers clamored to photograph the tiny Chihuahua wearing a splendid red-and-gold robe and mirtre. "People reacted so strongly to his costume," Eli's owner, Karen Biehl, told Paw Nation. "They loved it. He was photographed all day long." Was anyone offended by Eli's costume? "Not one person had a problem with it," Biehl said. "In fact, the people that seemed to like it the most were people who were Catholic." Biehl's inspiration for the doggy pope outfit came from a large ...