A pair from Virginia reschedules their wedding ceremony rite two hours previous so that you could undertake a rescue pet on Saturday, October 28.
The newlyweds, Eduardo Del Pozo and Regan Mast, followed four-month-old Daisy, a German Shepherd, on the Fairfax County Animal Safe haven proper after exchanging vows and announcing “I do”.
In step with PEOPLE, the couple visited the animal refuge two days prior having a look to undertake a rescue pet.
A refuge worker informed the couple {that a} four-month-old pet might be to be had for adoption all through the grand opening of the refuge’s new department in Lorton.
Del Pozo and Mast have been informed to be on the refuge’s grand opening for higher probabilities of having the ability to undertake the domestic dog.
However there was once a catch — the refuge’s grand opening was once at 11 AM on October 28, the similar time AND day because the couple’s wedding ceremony rite.
However the couple informed PEOPLE that they have been set on adopting Daisy the domestic dog. So, they requested their officiant, shut pals, and circle of relatives if they might transfer the marriage rite to 9 AM. Fortunately, everybody agreed.
Del Pozo recounts the instant they arrived on the refuge, “I used to be in my swimsuit, and she or he was once nonetheless in her get dressed.”
After exchanging their vows and snapping a couple of wedding ceremony footage, the couple rushed to the refuge.
Rebecca Cavedon, the refuge’s communications supervisor, unearths that the couple have been in truth first in line.
Cavedon mentioned the newlyweds arrived when the workforce participants on the Fairfax County Animal Safe haven have been nonetheless slicing the ceremonial ribbon.
After adopting Daisy, Del Pozo and Mast shocked their family members on the wedding ceremony reception through bringing the latest hairy addition to the circle of relatives.
“It symbolized us beginning our personal circle of relatives,” Eduardo tells PEOPLE. “My spouse and I are past excited.”
The Fairfax County Animal Safe haven posted about Daisy’s adoption and wrote, “It’s secure to mention that Daisy might be extremely cherished in her new house, and we have been so glad for the newlyweds (and new canine folks)!”