Owners Throw $5,000 Wedding for Their Dogs: Adorable or Ridiculous?

by SodaHead Living Posted 2012/04/26 20:00:00

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The cost of a human wedding is sky-high these days, with Americans typically spending more than $27,000 on their big day. So would you really want to spend another $5,000 so your dog could tie the knot? Well, that's just what Palm Desert, Calif., residents Ernie Rubin and Ann Carter did for their pups last Sunday.

Rubin and Carter forked over five grand so their dogs, bride Scruffy Rubin and groom Snickers Carter, could get hitched at the Palm Desert Resort Country Club in front of more than 100 guests, The Desert Sun reports. No detail was spared. The pups had a wedding cake, open bar, reception, live band and "priest" performing the vows. The wedding party consisted of a ring bearer, flower boy, groomsman and usher/security, and Scruffy wore a custom couture dress, leash and veil, while Snickers sported a doggie tuxedo.

Does this canine wedding sound like a giant waste of dough? This might make you feel better: In lieu of gifts, Rubin and Carter asked for donations to benefit the Orphan Pet Oasis Humane Society of the Desert in North Palm Springs. At least some part of this extravagant wedding went to a good cause...

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Flamingolady 2012/04/27 03:03:13

Ridiculous

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Sarah Alexander 2012/04/27 14:13:08

Adorable

It's cute! Ridiculous, yes, but very adorable :)

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Mrs. Kathy Arch 2012/04/27 14:08:30

Ridiculous

It's their money, but I think it's crazy.

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thepastord 2012/04/27 14:03:15

Ridiculous

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Folks can spend their hard earned money how ever they like, but for me........ Pretty lame. I am sure the doggies involved would have opted for a donation to the SPCA, Animal Rescue Group or a various shelter for children and mothers........... imho

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Gloria to thepastord 2012/04/27 15:50:35

+1
Read the article....
Does this canine wedding sound like a giant waste of dough? This might make you feel better: In lieu of gifts, Rubin and Carter asked for donations to benefit the Orphan Pet Oasis Humane Society of the Desert in North Palm Springs. At least some part of this extravagant wedding went to a good cause

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thepastord to Gloria 2012/04/27 15:59:28

Glad to hear that part, but some usually = extravagant fund raiser end up with -0- to nil for the charity (animals, people)........... I never participate in those types of events, I generally check the places out and dontate directly to a "Facility". Like I said folks can do what ever they like, I just choose to opt out of those types of things.......

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Bubba d'Rosa 2012/04/27 13:45:28

Ridiculous

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For 5 grand I will come over and bark and pant and sniff their butts, sit on some laps and be cuddled. That might be fun. Hell I might even do it for half that.

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Waiting in the Wings 2012/04/27 13:36:23

Ridiculous

+1
I'm all for my dog and I tend to spoil him, but this is ridiculous!

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DeborahLakeHelen 2012/04/27 13:28:40

Ridiculous

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Wow, I guess they're too selfish and too ostentatious to be able to come up with a better way to spend 5 grand, such as donating to a battered women's shelter, a food bank or maybe even a fund for drug addicted babies.

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thepastord to Deborah... 2012/04/27 14:05:31

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I'm with you my dear Deborah.............. When I'm dead, I don't think that is the kind of thing I would want to be remembered for........

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Deborah... to thepastord 2012/04/27 19:23:33

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No, I'd much rather have my name remembered as helping others, instead of how I kept up with the Finkelstein's.

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DanC to Deborah... 2012/04/27 14:51:41

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>>>battered women's shelter<<<
yeah, there are lots of "survivors" of "verbal violence" and "visual rape" out there...

>>> fund for drug addicted babies.<<<
crack addicted babies or meth addicted babies?

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Jacob to DanC 2012/04/27 15:12:11

Supposably babies that had mothers that did meth or crack during pregnancy made the babies addicted..... 0_o I don't think so but that's my guess to that one lol

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Deborah... to DanC 2012/04/27 19:27:30

ANY or ALL of those. Shelters for Battered Women have helped many survivors far beyond those who suffered "verbal violence" or "visual rape." I've encountered women in shelters who had most of their teeth knocked out, bones broken, faces permanently scarred, and worse.....

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birdie1224 2012/04/27 13:25:36

Ridiculous

+2
-_- waste of money

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gra94 2012/04/27 13:13:49

Adorable

it they afford it why not

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Lorraine Byrd 2012/04/27 13:12:05

Ridiculous

+1
this is worse then the $200.00 my ex sister in law spent on a birthday party for her dog

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thepastord to Lorrain... 2012/04/27 14:06:30

Makes you wonder about the priorities in life............

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DizziNY to thepastord 2012/04/27 14:49:04

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Yea, love, what a bad thing.

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thepastord to DizziNY 2012/04/27 14:58:27

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Couple of cases of dog food to a shelter would have been nice..... Think of all the heart worm treatments and monthly medications that would have provided...... We adopted a heart worm positive beagle from a beagle rescue group. He is the sweetest little boy..................... I have it documented in my Trust, for a certain amount of money to go to the SPCA....... I think I am going to add a large amount for my little beagle friends!

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Gloria to thepastord 2012/04/27 15:51:26

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Did your read the article?
Does this canine wedding sound like a giant waste of dough? This might make you feel better: In lieu of gifts, Rubin and Carter asked for donations to benefit the Orphan Pet Oasis Humane Society of the Desert in North Palm Springs. At least some part of this extravagant wedding went to a good cause

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thepastord to Gloria 2012/04/27 16:09:02

Yes............ And I choose to donate to a charity directly........ Some, is not good enough for me, some "Usually" amounts to zippola for the charity and good food and drinks for the folks who attend! :+( If some/part meets your standards, then by all means feel free to attend and donate as you desire. I refuse to give to these types of fund raising venues........ Nuff said. And yes, I did read the article, I just don't agree with that type of method.........

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Aingean 2012/04/27 13:06:44

Ridiculous

+1
It must be nice to have that kind of money to throw away for a doggie "wedding".

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lucky 2012/04/27 12:59:06

Ridiculous

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People like that make me ill, all the people in this world who could use just a small helping hand and they are throwing away money on a dog wedding, I dont think you could get any more self involved then that because the wedding in reality is for them not the dog.

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thepastord to lucky 2012/04/27 14:07:53

+1
Really, pencils, backpacks, and a bag of dog biscuits for a shelter would have been better......

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TasselLady 2012/04/27 12:53:52

Ridiculous

+2
Just when you thought you heard everything about frivolous spending. Maybe they're from congress!!!

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Vieuphoria 2012/04/27 12:32:07

Ridiculous

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Proof that there is such a thing as 'too much money'. Genuinely find it disturbing that the majority of the world population are dying, and this kind of thing is going on elsewhere.

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Pedalpu... to Vieuphoria 2012/04/27 15:22:06

I agree but not too much money, too much arrogance and too little brains!!!

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GG 2012/04/27 12:29:56

Ridiculous

+2

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BrianD3 2012/04/27 11:50:35 (edited)

Ridiculous

+2
they will be divorced within the year

she will keep the dog house and require support for all the puppies

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TasselLady to BrianD3 2012/04/27 12:54:41

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Yeah, he'll be the stud of the street!!!!!

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Met 2012/04/27 11:47:21

Ridiculous

+3
However, when i become a millionaire, i'm going to hire legions of little people to perform the works of William Shakespeare while i stumble around my house drunk, wearing a snuggy backwards.

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Red_Horse 2012/04/27 10:25:15
Pat 2012/04/27 10:23:35

Ridiculous

+2
When I think of what that kind of money could do for our town food pantry of the animal shelter, it is really a shame. But it's their money, they can do what they want to with it, right?

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thepastord to Pat 2012/04/27 14:09:02

+1
Right, I'm glad they can sleep at night........... I couldn't.

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Paul 2012/04/27 10:22:34

Adorable

why not, a party is a party, as long as you got the money

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Juliet 2012/04/27 10:21:18

Ridiculous

+1
they could have just donated the $5000 to the charity instead..

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AmericanVirus 2012/04/27 09:55:31

Ridiculous

I hate people

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Mark5610 2012/04/27 09:52:26

Ridiculous

+4

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OnyxRaven 2012/04/27 09:23:47

Adorable

If you have a spare $5,000 to throw around then I don't see any problem with it.

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kaka702 2012/04/27 09:16:52

Ridiculous

These dogs don't even know what they are doing there.

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