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Dogs in the wedding: TIPS

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    hoosierbee    August 21, 2010   Bloomington, IN

    I had our two dogs in my wedding as "Mutts of Honor." They walked down the aisle with my husband, and then our Best Man & MOH held them throughout the ceremony. I was a little nervous about their behavior, but it turned out just fine and everyone thought it was very cute.

    TIPS: LOTS of treats! We had our best man and MOH keep some of their favorite chicken treats handy and they fed them to the dogs throughout the ceremony. This kept their attention.

    Have someone familiar with them walk them down the aisle. My husband and I walk them every day, so they were very used to him.

    Expect the unexpected. our girl made a loud "ROOOWR" during our vows, and everyone giggled. We just laughed and didn't let it bother us :)

    Have an easy exit. We had one of our ushers ready to grab the dogs if they started barking or anything else too disruptive.

    Hope this helps!

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    baldor1    May 7, 2012   Southern California

    Awww...your two dogs look adorable in the flower and tie. What a great photo!

     
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    Baileyh    July 24, 2010   Vancouver

    ahh such cuties!!

     
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    jordynrose    October 16, 2010   Las Vegas, NV/Chandler, AZ

    They are too cute!

     
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    MstoMrs      

    Thanks for the tips. I've got my own baby dog, being my flower dog! So love it. 

     
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    hoosierbee    August 21, 2010   Bloomington, IN

    Sorry the pics were sideways!

    @MstoMrs- Good luck! We also did not know what to do with the pups after the ceremony, and did not want to worry about them during the reception, so we ended up paying someone to come pick them up and drop them off at our house. 

     
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    PrncssDva    October 16, 2010   Memphis, TN

    That is soooooooooooo cute!! I would love to have my baby in the wedding, but he is way too hyper! LOL

     
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    lrwedd    September 4, 2010  

    We had our pup as our ring bearer. He did really well for a while and we took pictures with him first so we could get him out of there quickly. We had lots of treats and he did choke on one during the ceremony but overall he did very well. I love this pic!

     

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    MandaMack    September 10, 2011   Pittsburgh, PA

    I'm hoping to at least have 1 of my dogs in our ceremony, having all 3 might be a little much though.  I'm waiting until I take the therapy dog test with her before I even ask the venue if she is allowed in it.

     
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    stephinPA    October 29, 2010   Reading, PA

    Adorable!  While ours are not in the wedding, we are having their walkers bring them (with their bow ties) to Valley Forge park to have some photos taken with us.  I can't wait because I couldn't imagine not seeing them on our special day.

     
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    MandaMack    September 10, 2011   Pittsburgh, PA

    @stephinPA: That's actually a really good idea!!!

     
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    KellyV    September 12, 2009   New York, NY

    looove it!  Our Dogs were our ring bearers as well :)  I wish Brutus had done his ROOOOOOOOO noise during the ceremony but alas, he didnt lol

     

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    MandaMack    September 10, 2011   Pittsburgh, PA

    @KellyV: SOOOO CUTE!  He almost looks confused with the bouquet in his mouth, lol.

     
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    KellyV    September 12, 2009   New York, NY

    @MandaMack:haha thanks!  Yeah, he was like "OOH MOMMY A TOY A TOY A TOY!" and then was like "um...this isnt that fun..."  He ran around with it for awhile, showing it off to everyone who would look lol. 

     
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    hoosierbee    August 21, 2010   Bloomington, IN

    Cute dogs!!!!

    People thought I was crazy, but it really meant a lot to me to have my fur babies in my ceremony. 

    @StephinPA: That is a very good idea! Then they are included, but you don't have to worry about how they will behave or anything.

     
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    artbee    February 28, 2010  

    So cute! Unfortunately nothing would have helped our pup be in our wedding, he's way too crazy. Instead we hired him a nice dog walker.

     
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    We wanted our dog at our wedding, but he has the habit of embarassing us...always.  He probably would have pooped during the ceremony or something equally bad.

     
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    christalynn11    October 22, 2010   Arlington, WA

    We aren't having him with us at the wedding, but we are having a family friend bring Ace to our first look photo shoot so we can get pics of us with him in the daylight in our gear.  We are hoping to get a great one to use as our Thank You cards!

     
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    Layla26    September 25, 2010  

    omg im so jealous!  i wanted to have my pups in my wedding and my FI said no...super cute pics!  Looove the tie and flower :)

     

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