Therapy dogs joined in marriage during ceremony at nursing cent

JACKSON, Mich. -- Lucky and Stormy were married, despite the bride coming down with a case of cold paws.

The therapy dogs at the Summit Park Assisted Living Center were joined in matrimony Wednesday in front of about 40 family and friends.

They didn't say 'I do,' but when Gail Yates, the center's activities director, read the vows, no one objected and the two didn't run away.

Lucky, a part-Brittany spaniel, and Stormy, a large Shetland sheep dog, are now canine man and wife.

The two have visited the center together for two years.

"I'm very relieved that the pressure is off," Shelley Hansen, Stormy's owner and the self-proclaimed mother of the bride, told The Jackson Citizen Patriot. "Arranging a wedding is a lot of work, and it makes you a nervous wreck."

Lucky sported a red bow tie and red top hat.

Stormy dressed in a traditional white veil with white seed pearls.