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"A pair of American dog lovers have held a \u00C2\u00A36,200 dog wedding for their pets. Ann Carter, 70, and Ernie Rubin, 67, held the &amp;#039;marriage&amp;#039; ceremony between their pets Snickers, a 3-year-old Lhasa Apso, and Scruffy, a 5-year-old Jack Russell-Chihuahua cross. The Mirror reports that the dogs got &amp;#039;engaged&amp;#039; on Valentine&amp;#039;s Day, when Snickers &amp;#039;proposed&amp;#039; with a Swarovski crystal collar. Carter said of the union: &amp;quot;Scruffy and Snickers fell in love with each other from the moment they met, and when Ernie and I shared a holiday apartment for a month over the summer, it was obviously how they felt about each other. &amp;quot;We decided to have a wedding and we just thought it would be a fun excuse to have a little party, but then we ended up sending out invitations and more and more people wanted to come, and in the end it turned into this massive event.&amp;quot; The $10,000 (\u00C2\u00A36,200) party was held at an exclusive Florida country club, and featured four-legged ushers, a personalised wedding cake, a live band and an open bar. A priest performed the wedding &amp;#039;vows&amp;#039;. Carter and Rubin asked for donations to Orphan Pet Oasis Humane Society of the Desert in North Palm Springs in lieu of a wedding gift, which raised $7,000 (\u00C2\u00A34,300) for the charity. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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