11:17am UK, Sunday May 16, 2010
David Williams, Sky News Online
A pair of Brazilian dog lovers have spent almost £6,000 on a lavish wedding for their pet Yorkshire Terriers.
Surrounded by more than 200 dog-lovers and their pooches, the bride Bruna, 5, and her two-year-old groom Lui barked their vows before planting their paws on the official registry documents.
Then it was time to pose for photographs in front of a right dog's dinner: the cake specially made of canine food.
Such a feast risked ruining the bride's custom-made £270 wedding dress and the groom's elegant tuxedo after the ceremony, which was held at a pet shop in the Barra da Tijuca neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro.
Bruna's owner Raquel Mendes admitted to ulterior motives while planning their honeymoon.
"We have been thinking and it should be on July when she will be in heat, the ideal time for them to mate," she said.
"And if everything works out right, I'll have a little puppy arriving soon, one more for the family."
The groom's owner, nine-year-old Artur Telles, said the smooching pooches were a match made in doggy heaven.
"They (Bruna and Lui) get along well," he said. "Bruna is usually very agitated but she doesn't bark when she is near him.
"He wants very much to be close to her and she also wants to be near him, I feel that, I can see that."
So could the rest of the crowd attending, with the wedding drawing loud sighs and laughter from the public who avidly photographed every moment of the celebration.
The event's organiser, Marco Antonio "Toto", said other pet owners had already requested he arrange other dog weddings after being bow-wowed by the ceremony.
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