Including Your Pets on the Wedding Day
If you are on social media at all, you probably have seen the adorable photos of dogs all dressed up on their parents’ wedding day. Those adorable tuxedos and tutus for pups bring on the feels! Including your pets on the Wedding Day and having your fur-baby on the best day of your life seems like the dream come true. However, this does pose a few questions:
How do you find a venue that allows you to include your pets on the wedding day?
First, ask your wedding planner if they know of the perfect venue that will allow you to include your fur baby on your special day.
Not working with a wedding planner yet that’s ok, begin by picking out your top five wedding venues. You can check out your venue’s website or simply call and ask if they allow pets. It is important to find out their requirements for including pets in your ceremony such as Leash rules, potty areas, can they come to the reception, Etc.
Maybe your still looking for inspiration and just haven’t found the perfect venue yet, but don’t worry here are a few Pet friend recommendations.
Where does the pup go after the ceremony and pictures?
You’d be surprised at how many venues have become pet-friendly for their couples. Typically they ask the animal to stay on a leash and be supervised at all times. Some venues also ask that the pet be taken home after the couple gets their pictures done. This is so that they don’t cause any problems during the reception and sometimes animals around food service are a big no-no.
If the venue you selected has on-site lodging, ask if your animal can stay the night. Having a designated person check on the pet throughout the evening is a must, after all, pets need potty breaks too.
If your pet does need to go back home after the ceremony, consider hiring a local dog walker to pick up your pet from the wedding venue and take them home, after post-ceremony photos with them of course! This is our suggestion over asking a family member or friend to leave the wedding to take the pet home.
We love seeing animals at weddings and the joy it brings our couples. This couple called out to their dog Sammy before walking down the aisle as Mr & Mrs and instead chose to walk down with Sammy too!
Want to include your pet, but maybe people and crowds are not their things?
Here are a few ideas
Beautiful Framed photos of your fur babies on your cake table
Name your specialty cocktails after your furbabies
Custom Pet Pins
Here the bride and groom included their fur baby by adding him to the welcome sign.
