If you have a pet, you know how they can easily become a member of the family.  As such, many couples wish to incorporate them into their wedding day.  I have come up with three ideas on how to incorporate your pets into one of the biggest days of your life (and they don’t even have to be there for some!)

Depending on your thoughts on a more traditional wedding ceremony, one option is to have your pets walk you down the aisle.  As seen above, you can dress them up especially for the ceremony.  One thing to consider, though, is to make sure that you have someone who can hold on to your dog during the ceremony, and who is ready to run out if your dog misbehaves.  If you have a particularly rambunctious dog, this may not be the best option for you.  One of my best friends had her dogs walk her down the aisle, and it couldn’t have been more perfect for her.  Her dogs are extremely well trained, and I don’t think that she or her husband could have pictured the day without them.  After the ceremony, they just hung out in the house on the property while the human guests partied the night away.

If you don’t want to commit to having your dog physically present at your wedding, one idea is to incorporate them into the cake topper for your wedding cake.  That way, they are a special part of your big day, but you don’t have to worry about taking care of them while you’re already worried about every other detail.

The solution that I came up with was to incorporate our dog, Tucker, into our engagement photos (as seen above).  We were so happy to capture this special time with him, and we ended up displaying these pictures at our wedding around the venue.  We felt like this way, Tucker was there with us in spirit, even though he couldn’t physically be there.

Have you incorporated your pets into your wedding day?  I’d love to hear what you did, and what the outcome was!

Party on!