It mutt be love: Woman spends 8 months planning £2,000 wedding for her DOGS
THEY had a three-tier wedding cake, a flowing gown and even a country club venue … but the bride and groom were dogs.
Alma Padilla shares all details of her dogs' big day
Alma Padilla watched on as her pet pooches made their vows, in a wedding she planned for over eight months.
Costing around £2,000 for the ceremony and reception, owner Alma appeared on This Morning to reveal all the details about their barking nuptials.
Shih Tzu dogs Bella and Elvis met in 2014 after Elvis’ owners couldn’t look after him anymore.
The dog was brought to the UK from the Philippines and was used by Alma to help breed puppies.
Bella's wedding dress
Bella's bridal headpiece
But two litters and nine puppies later, proud mum said their romance blossomed and she decided to celebrate with a dog wedding for the pair.
Speaking on This Morning today with newlyweds Bella and Elvis - or Belvis - Alma said: “Day by day since I got elvis, I notice they really love each other so I think it’s time.”
Alma, 41, from Radcliffe, Bury, told how they got hitched at the Dog Country club in Lowton, warrington, on July 2, this year in front of nearly 100 guests, both two-legged and four-legged.
Alma says Bella even picked her own dress, sniffing out a lace dress out of an option of three.
Newlywed Bella and Elvis on their wedding day
She said that Bella was “very excited” and told how groom Elvis wore a bow tie, designed by her son.
They even had a wedding cake made from dog food, while Bella had a floral headpiece, featuring daisies and white roses for the occasion.
Mum Alma said she was very proud of the couple, telling how it fulfilled her own white wedding.
She told Eamonn: “I’m very happy. Without having my own proper wedding, my dream is [now] fulfilled.”
Bella and Elvis pucker up next to their amazing wedding cake
She admits the wedding celebration has even brought the pair closer.
Alma said: “They get more attached to each other, he’s more protective and very jealous.”
While she understands people may think she is barking mad, she says it isn’t strange to her - as she considers them her own flesh and blood.
She said: “I can’t please everybody. The thing is I don’t treat them like dogs, they are my babies, just happens they are dogs.”
It comes after Express.co.uk told how a stray dog spent six months waiting outside a hotel for a woman who showed him love.