A dog reacts as it is blessed outside San Anton Church in Madrid, Spain, January 17, 2016. Hundreds of pet owners bring their animals to be blessed every year on the day of San Anton, Spain's patron saint of animals. (Photo by Andrea Comas/Reuters)





A dog reacts as it is blessed outside San Anton Church in Madrid, Spain, January 17, 2016. (Photo by Andrea Comas/Reuters)





A woman holds her dogs, who are wearing outfits in the colours of Spanish first division soccer club Atletico Madrid, as she waits in line for them to be blessed outside San Anton Church in Madrid, Spain, January 17, 2016. (Photo by Andrea Comas/Reuters)





A woman holds her dog after it was blessed outside San Anton Church in Madrid, Spain, January 17, 2016. (Photo by Andrea Comas/Reuters)





A woman pushes her dog in a baby carriage after it was blessed outside San Anton Church in Madrid, Spain, January 17, 2016. (Photo by Andrea Comas/Reuters)





A woman carries her cat after a mass inside San Anton Church in Madrid, Spain, January 17, 2016. (Photo by Andrea Comas/Reuters)





A dog reacts as it is blessed outside San Anton Church in Madrid, Spain, January 17, 2016. (Photo by Andrea Comas/Reuters)





A woman holds her dog as she waits for a mass in San Anton Church in Madrid, Spain, January 17, 2016. (Photo by Andrea Comas/Reuters)





A man takes communion next to a man with his dog during a mass inside San Anton Church in Madrid, Spain, January 17, 2016. (Photo by Andrea Comas/Reuters)





A woman holds her dog during a mass inside San Anton Church in Madrid, Spain, January 17, 2016. (Photo by Andrea Comas/Reuters)





Two women laugh holding their dogs as they wait in line for them to be blessed outside San Anton Church in Madrid, Spain, January 17, 2016. (Photo by Andrea Comas/Reuters)





A woman holds her dog as it is blessed by a priest in Benalmadena, near Malaga, Spain, January 17, 2016. Hundreds of pet owners bring their animals to be blessed every year on the day of San Anton, Spain's patron saint of animals. (Photo by Jon Nazca/Reuters)





A man carries a statue of San Anton after pets were blessed by a priest in Benalmadena, near Malaga, Spain, January 17, 2016. (Photo by Jon Nazca/Reuters)





Dogs look at a priest as they are blessed outside San Anton Church in the neighborhood of Churriana, in Malaga, near Malaga, Spain, January 17, 2016. (Photo by Jon Nazca/Reuters)





A girl plays with a dog before it is blessed by a priest outside San Anton Church in the neighborhood of Churriana, in Malaga, near Malaga, Spain, January 17, 2016. (Photo by Jon Nazca/Reuters)





A woman holds her dog as it is blessed by a priest outside San Anton Church in the neighborhood of Churriana, in Malaga, near Malaga, Spain, January 17, 2016. (Photo by Jon Nazca/Reuters)





Dogs play before they are blessed by a priest outside San Anton Church in the neighborhood of Churriana, in Malaga, near Malaga, Spain, January 17, 2016. (Photo by Jon Nazca/Reuters)