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No but i was thinking of including her for my cherish the dress shoot after?

my dog is a complete nutter and being a great dane I dont think that would mix with wedding guests. O hand he moults constantly and slobbers quite a lot so I dont really want drool smears across my dress! So I am afraid muppy will be staying at home!

We have 3 dogs.. It would be far too chaotic! I'd maybe have, like Hails mentioned a cherish the dress shoot but we will have enough to worry about without 3 dogs to look after aswell.

We thought about having my h2b's mums dogs there as they are cute little westies and part of the family, but one is extremely disobedient and the other is so timid it would pee everywhere, lol, so we opted for dog free wedding, but we may have them at the reception as it is in our garden anyway and they would look so lovely with pink ribbon in their hair!! :)

Our dog is as giddy as a kipper round people so wouldnt be a good idea for her but i wouldnt object to others dogs if i was at a wedding. We are a big doggy loving family, however i would have to bear in mind that some of my friends arent! In fact i have some that are petrified of dogs so you may have to think about you're guests and whether there are people that have the same probs! x

my fiance said he wants the dog at our wedding...not sure if he was kidding or not...i'd love him to be there but he's so hyper and even just typing this message he's head butting me for attention so im not sure how well it would work....still 2 years to train him i suppose

I think it's a very cute idea in theory but what if one of your guests happens to be severely allergic to dogs or the go to the loo inside the venue or they moult everywhere ruining someone's outfit (and that could well be your dress!!) What if they start barking during your vows or they get overwhelmed by the number of people and turn and bite someone (even with the most timid dog it's possible)
Personally I think there's way too much that could go wrong and I know a lot of people do think of their pets as children but they're not, they're animals.
Ross was joking about having his 'babies' there - Kobi, a fully grown hyperactive male chocolate laborador who when stood on his hind legs is taller than I am and Jazz, a mental fur shedding slobbering Bernese Mountain dog who on all 4s reaches my tummy - I love them both to bits but there's no way I'd have them there because they're a liability, despite the cute factor of it all.

It's a personal choice but it's certainly not something I'd do
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i dont think a venue would allow me to have my dogs as i have 9 of them

Ataraxia - strictly speaking it's my FIL's Bernese but Ross takes care of the dogs as FIL works away a lot (and MIL is useless with them)
They're lovely dogs but you need a huge house, a huge garden and they need at least 3 hours walking a day - that and they shed hair like crazy. They also get really excitable so not too great around kids I'm afraid. They're fab if you have the time and space to devote to them
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My dad thought we should make my male cat ring bearer and female cat bridesmaid - Rich even thinks its a great idea - mum said no way! Lol :)

As much as I love dogs and loved the dogs I owned I wouldn't want them at the wedding as I wouldn't want them stepping muddy paws on the dress, having to pick up poo or risk having them misbehave. I think even the best behaved dogs would have a hard time being good with children running about and people getting excited. It could even stress some dogs out.

We r including our beagle in our pre wed shoot as can't have him in wedding at hotel also think he would find it to stressful we are going to put him in kennels on wed afternoon before wedding as figure we will be really busy on Thursday getting ready for the wedding on Friday we think that that will cause him the least amount of stress as don't like thought of putting him in if he is already stressed out x

I personally wouldnt but its to each persons own taste.

I wanted to take my rabbit ron but he would have freaked my boss bought an owl in as a surprise see my pics x

Personally i couldn't and wouldn't have any sort of animal at my wedding but each to their own x

I personally think it would be a nightmare. My parents are putting the cats in the cattery the night before the wedding because I don't want them around us when we are in our finest looking great then get hairs all over us and them playing in the dresses etc. The other thing with dogs is that they jump up you which can damage your dress etc and some guests might be scared of dogs which could put them off coming

Like that idea Flossie. both the doggy beer and your OH getting ready :)

Definitely get a few photos Emma, would be so cute! xx

We have no choice really, my parents are having Milo whilst we are on honeymoon and the night of the wedding. I'm sure he will be getting plenty of attention though so he won't be in my way lol xx

Pets are definitely family! But sometimes a wedding is not a place for a pet x

We are having OHs friend bring his dog over for photos but he will go home again after..... Hes so well behaved and the most polite dog in the world but taking other people into consideration, he wont be there all day

I agree in that they'd be in the way for the majority of the wedding; I was hoping for just a few photos on the day but my dress is lace so I'm scared of them damaging it before I've finished with it and I don't know where would be best to include them in the photos!

I've heard of people using dogs as ring bearers at the church which would be cute but don't think they can be trusted!

Oh god haha! Mines not too bad for eating things he just flings himself around the house at 100mph and is very unreliable with his recall and sit commands so would probably play catch me if you can around the church!

My oh loves the snap he got of him based on a photo we saw on a photo board

hahahaha Flossie I actually LOLd! when you said random I wasn't then expecting socks!!!

(but that would be a great picture him stealing your OHs socks! tee hee)

Leo will pick up anything outside to try and eat it! we have to be careful as he has a sensitive tummy but in the house he like to steal socks and hide them! lol If hes told to leave something he wont touch it either but once its in that mouth there is no hope! He likes to hang about when were cooking incase anything falls lol xx