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Dog Wedding-Day Afternoon

When wedding guests rise upon hearing the “Bridal Chorus” from Wagner’s Lohengrin opera, they don’t usually expect to see a canine trotting down the aisle. Though not the norm, betrothed pet owners often want to include t...

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