Dogs in a wedding?

[HayleyMarie]

I am seriously really contemplating having Panzer and Teagan in the wedding. Teagan would walk down the isle with the flower girls and Panzer would walk down the isle with the ring barrier.

What is your guys thinking? Of course we would have to see how Panzer handles it since he will be a tad more mature and he might not appreciate walking between 200 strangers, but he does know the ring barrier.

 

[DJEtzel]

I think it's pretty awesome.

We are planning on having the dogs in our wedding, as much as possible!

I don't know there will be much for Recon or Jinks, but I'd like to find a safe way for them to be there. I am planning on using Patton as the ring bearer and Pimp/New pup as flower girl(s).

I obviously need more complex tasks to train my dogs to do.

eta; I thought the dogs walking WITH people was a great option and may be something I fall back on if I don't task train them for it. I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with!

 

[Sekah]

I opted to do a wedding without dogs and, for me, it was the right decision. The venue wouldn't have allowed dogs since it was also provided my food services. Plus I know that when my dogs are around I'm more focused on them than anything else. I didn't want to be worrying about them when I really wanted to be focusing on myself.

I was very happy to see then when I got back, of course. But they were in good hands while I was gone.

 

[BostonBanker]

My friend had two of her dogs in her wedding (well one of her dogs and one of her husband's dogs). They were attached to each other with a ribbon, I think, and the rings were tied on to the ribbon. One person at the wedding was the "dog wrangler", brought them to the end of the aisle, where they were released to bring the ring up. The same person took them again after the wedding and brought them home before the reception.

The big thing I would say is to make sure you have one friend who is 100% willing to take charge of the dogs, so you don't have to worry about them at all.

 

[HayleyMarie]

Thanks guys. I am getting married at my parents place. So as soon as the wedding is done, into their kennels they go. So I am not to worried about that part if it.

 

[JacksonsMom]

I think it's a GREAT idea... if I get married in Jackson's lifetime, I would definitely include him. He's such a huge part of my life and honestly my best little friend, but I also am the type that would probably just have a very small family-oriented wedding anyway. Plus there is so many cute things you can do.

 

[sassafras]

I think it's an adorable idea.

 

[stardogs]

Maggie was my ring bearer. <3

I had a designated dog handler in my party (she wore a bridesmaids dress and stood up with them, but was officially the dog handler) - she walked Maggie up the aisle to me, Maggie stayed with DH and I until we exchanged rings, and then the dog handler picked her back up and walked her out after. My parents took Maggie to the venue for our reception for photos, then another friend drove her back to my parents' house afterward. It was lovely.

 

[HayleyMarie]

Oh man Erin, that is so lovely. What a beautiful picture. And I bet very special.

 

[JazzyTheSibe]

I'd say yes. It won't only be adorable , it would be awesome too.

 

[stardogs]

Oh man Erin, that is so lovely. What a beautiful picture. And I bet very special.

Very special. And she posed herself that way for the whole exchanging of vows! <3

 

[kms1167]

Harley was in our wedding, and looking back I am so glad we did it. He stood right up with the other groomsmen, and even hung around throughout the reception. Everyone loved him and he helped make the day even more special to us.

He even got to wear a custom tuxedo bandanna

 

[joce]

Ours was outside at our home so I just let Byron wander about. He made his rounds and then laid I think at my grandmas feet. Blitz was not a participant. People would have been yelling "no, stop, get down!"

 

[Ozfozz]

It's something I've thought about off and on ever since my parent's friends included their dalmatian in their wedding.

But then again I've been sort of planning on saying "screw it" to the whole ceremony and running away to Niagara or even just the court house. I'm not religious, and I don't really like being the centre of attention lol.

If we end up outside, I wouldn't be opposed to Cobain being included. I'd have to leave Rigby with the other 3 as I just don't see her doing well in that sort of setting.

If you can figure out a designated "dog handler" like Erin, an have that kennel to place them in, I'd say why not? My biggest concern would be the stress of it all, but if you can get around that, it'd be a cool idea.

 

[Barb04]

I think it's a wonderful idea!!!!!!

 

[Elrohwen]

I wouldn't do it. I kept my wedding fairly low key and it was still hectic, and I spent a lot of time talking to old friends, catching up, and dancing. I definitely would not have been able to watch my dog and he's not laid back enough to just chill in a crate somewhere on site. If he had been in our wedding (not that we had him when we got married) I would've spent the whole time babysitting him, worrying about him, etc and I wouldn't have been able to focus on the wedding. When he's around, I am focused primarily on him and on my wedding I wanted to focus on me and my husband.

I guess it depends on the type and style of the wedding too. If it's 10 guests and a super casual thing, then I think a dog would be fine. Something more traditional with 50+ guests and it would just be too hectic to add in a dog too. If you can crate them somewhere and they will be content, then it could work fine.

I do think dogs walking down the aisle is super cute in theory though! If we had Watson when we got married I would have seriously considered it though I still think we were better off with no pets in the wedding.

 

[Fran101]

My friends have all had their dogs involved and the only thing I've learned from that is.... HAVE SOMEBODY TAKE THE DOG HOME AFTER THE CEREMONY lol
Then again, none of my friends have low maintenance dogs (just chill and sleep somewhere with all the commotion) and they are all worry warts lol and there is enough to worry about without the dog too
(oh and make sure your dog has had lots of exercise and time to potty before...lol nothing will ruin a picture like a squat or a hyper dog. A designated dog handler that isn't one of your bridesmaids is crucial!...Your bridesmaids will be busy helping you/getting tipsy/having fun to go walk the dogs, make sure somebody else you trust can do it)

It's such a cute thing during the ceremony and for pictures but after, like you said, who wants to worry about it? '

I love the idea of walking back down the aisle as a family!

- You can ask your florist to make a corsage kind of thing/dog collar...it's what my friend did and it was super cute and so beautiful in pictures

 

[DJEtzel]

- You can ask your florist to make a corsage kind of thing/dog collar...it's what my friend did and it was super cute and so beautiful in pictures

I wish I had any chance of keeping something like that on one of our dogs.