Dog prays at Japanese Zen temple
(AP)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080324/capt.7112a33374a449a1bc300d81e0247b52.aptopix_japan_praying_dog_xits101.jpg?x=91&y=130&q=85&sig=V2O2d1GrrPtnZyNhkv_Nvg--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="One-and-a-half-year old Chihuahua dog 'Conan' prays with his owner and chief priest Joei Yoshikuni during a morning pray at the Shuri-Kannondo temple in Okinawa islands, southwestern Japan, Monday, March 24, 2008.(AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080324/ap_on_fe_st/odd_praying_dog)AP - At a Zen Buddhist temple in southern Japan, even the dog prays. Mimicking his master, priest Joei Yoshikuni, a 1 1/2-year-old black-and-white Chihuahua named Conan joins in the daily prayers at Naha's Shuri Kannondo temple, sitting up on his hind legs and putting his front paws together before the altar.</p><br clear="all"/>
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080324/ap_on_fe_st/odd_praying_dog