Guests waited in silence for the bride, but the first to pass through the door was Peaches, a rescued 10-year-old pitbull. She walked down the aisle in a made-to-measure white dress, sewn by the owner's sister-in-law, a costume designer who works for Disney.
The owner decided that Peaches, with whom she has shared her life for eight years, should serve as maid of honour. The moment quickly spread online after a Reddit post joked about the supposed faux pas of white at a wedding.
Researchers at Azabu University in Japan have found that prolonged eye contact between dogs and their owners triggers an oxytocin cycle in both, a hormone linked to social and emotional bonding.