Two dogs were united at an animal "wedding" on Tuesday in a ceremony heralded as marking a new extreme in Britain's growing trend for lavishing attention on pets.The "bride" - an eight-month-old shih tzu called Muffin - arrived for the ceremony at London's Harrods department store in a horse-drawn carriage, dressed in a white frock and veil. She and her "groom" - a two-and-a-half-year-old bichon frisé named Timmy - were married before a group of guests at an event costing up to £3,500.
Another dog couple are due to pledge their troth next week, suggesting the arrival in Britain of another fashion in pet pampering which has already taken hold in the United States. Last summer, actress Pamela Anderson organised the "marriage" of her chihuahua, Luca, to her golden retriever, Star, on a beach in Malibu, California.
Britons already spend £294 million a year on presents for their pets, as animals are increasingly treated as family members.
"I've heard of dogs attending weddings in special outfits, but this takes things to a whole new level, said Beverley Cuddy, editor of Dogs Today. "It makes me want to cringe, but I'm not entirely surprised. I wonder if Hello! and OK! will be fighting for the rights to the pictures."
3 comments:
People starving in Africa and they're holding a Canine Wedding ceremony?
"Let them eat cake?"
Well them starving Africans woulda just ate the dogs, the cake and prolly the horse n cart
it would have made better sense to let the africans have a go at eating them then spending that kind of money for a wedding for dogs...judas priest.
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