Most bridesmaids carry bouquets. Mine carried a pug. And not my pug. I don’t have a pug. I have two wonderful large dogs, Bette and Oscar, whom I love dearly but who were not invited to my wedding.

Other events at the Pug Social included; a pug wedding, pug races, contests for the best wrinkles, curliest tail, pug costume, pug kissing, best pug trick, the oldest pug and the pug who traveled the ...