Bride’s Dog Couldn’t Come To Her Wedding, So Her Dad Brought A Life-Sized Cardboard Version Along Instead
New York resident and Ohio native Hillary Bowles treats her pup Leo like one of the family, so she was pretty devastated that he couldn’t attend her recent wedding in South Carolina.
“We wanted to have Leo at our wedding more than anything,” she told The Knot.
“But with everyone
traveling from out of state it was nearly impossible. We opted to leave
him back in Ohio with other dogs and family members that he was familiar
with.”
Ahead of her big day with
now-husband Logan Bowles, Hillary handed Leo over to her father, Wayne,
who was meant to take Leo straight to his puppy holiday.
But the mischievous father of the bride had other plans.
Wayne took a photograph of
Leo and had it turned into a life-sized cardboard cutout that could
attend the ceremony in Leo’s place.
The makeshift Leo starred in a series of wedding photos on the big day, shot by photographer Lydia Ruth.
Wayne also took photos of cardboard Leo covering his entire journey to the wedding and text them to his daughter.
Hillary shared a series of
them on Twitter along with the caption: “I was upset my dog couldn’t
travel down for my wedding, so my dad made a life-size cutout of him and
is bringing it to South Carolina.”
Hillary told The Knot that her dad’s big surprise wasn’t really that shocking.
She said: “He is the
goofiest, most creative person I know. My dad would do just about
anything to make sure I’m happy, so him doing this wasn’t too far out of
the ordinary. We are very close.”
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