Groom Surprises Bride With Golden Retriever at Marriage ceremony (Unique)

A bride was shocked to see her golden retriever pet at her wedding ceremony ceremony. 

When Cameron and Jennifer Dela Fuente had been wedding ceremony planning, they wished to one way or the other incorporate their pet canine, Echo, into the nuptials however could not for logistical causes. Two weeks earlier than the large day, the groom got here up with a plan to make it occur.

“It was a last-minute, Hail Mary determination as a result of I knew how a lot she wished him there,” Cameron tells PEOPLE. “I received Sean, my little minion at work, to select him up from one in every of Jenn’s bridesmaids’ homes and Bailey [Shea] (assistant planner) helped plan it.”

The oblivious bride had come to phrases with Echo not being part of their special occasion. It “simply wasn’t going to make sense” as a result of everybody the couple trusted to look at or deal with their then-1-year-old canine was going to be busy on the wedding ceremony.  

Shortly earlier than the outside ceremony started at Secret Backyard by Wedgewood Weddings in Phoenix, Arizona, on April 5, 2024, Jennifer received an surprising notification. 

“About half-hour earlier than the ceremony, I had obtained a notification on my cellphone that was related to Echo’s collar (a monitoring gadget) that mentioned Echo had left the home,” Jennifer remembers to PEOPLE. “One in all my bridesmaids assured me that it wasn’t what I assumed it was, so I went about strolling down the aisle and genuinely had no concept till I turned the nook.”

Heartfelt movies and images taken by Cacie Carroll seize the precise second Jennifer noticed her fur child sitting subsequent to Cameron. 

The stunned bride instantly smiled from ear to ear and commenced choking up as she made her approach down the aisle. As soon as she reached Echo, she knelt down in her wedding ceremony costume and gave him plenty of love. In response, Echo — whom the couple welcomed into their household on April 15, 2023 — started wagging his tail nonstop. 

“To have all of it come to fruition was the best possible feeling on the earth,” Jennifer says. “I assumed to myself, ‘Regardless how the remainder of the day goes, that is my good ending,’ and it was the right day. The images are so so particular to us and might be cherished without end.”

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The photographer provides that Echo being current throughout your complete ceremony was “the cherry on high of the cake,” and that the couple’s wedding ceremony visitors had been equally as moved by the candy shock.

“Echo coming down the aisle was the epitome of ‘golden retriever power,’ ” Carroll says. “Echo was so completely satisfied to see his dad on the high of the aisle and much more giddy to see his mother strolling down, as you possibly can see from the video! Tail wags GALORE!”

She continues: “He was essentially the most well-behaved canine all through the ceremony, and for them to take pleasure in all of it with Echo was past particular to witness.”

Carroll posted the marriage ceremony footage on TikTok on Feb. 9. Since then, the video has gathered greater than 500,000 views and 75,000 likes.

Within the feedback part, TikTok customers gushed over the cute shock.

“🥹🥹🥹🥹 he’s like ‘that’s my mother,’ ” a person commented of Echo. Another person wrote, “The best way I’d LOSE it.”