Laura and I are the proud owners of a 4.5 lb Chihuahua named Lily (picture on the left). Laura and I got Lily within weeks of moving to Las Vegas. Needless to say she is a big part of our lives. Everyone keeps asking us if we are going to have Lily in the wedding. As of now we do not have any flower girls, or ring bearers so do we allow our Chihuahua to fill one of these roles? And our (well at least my) answer is no. I just see it turning into a disaster. The odds of Lily walking down the aisle without causing a scene are 100 to 1. Then who is going to pick her up and take her to the wedding? To me it just spells trouble. So I turned to Jacquie (director of wedding salons at Wynn) for some advice. Here is her response:
We actually love the idea personally because it is just another opportunity for the bride and groom to have their wedding include details that are personal and important to them. However, being in a resort minimizes the number of requests for this. We actually had a guest request to have an elephant carry the bride in – which unfortunately did not materialize (I was looking forward to it). And we have had a number of requests for the family dog to act as the ring bearer.
In a recent event the ring bearer was a beautiful (and extremely well trained)golden retriever. She had a custom made collar that also held the ring pillow. And believe it or not, she did an incredible job. She walked down perfectly on queue, went directly to the groom and stood by him the whole time – then stepped forward with the ring when she was called!
The cute detail about having animals involved is you need to have a personal “pooper” assistant on hand.
Luckily, we have the Primrose Courtyard as an option for hosting outdoor events, so the guests that do request their dogs to be involved, are able to do so without worrying about the resort’s dog policy.
Hmm, maybe we will include Lily in the wedding. Now who could be her personal “pooper” assistant???
