A pair from Virginia reschedules their marriage ceremony ceremony two hours earlier to have the ability to undertake a rescue pet on Saturday, October 28.
The newlyweds, Eduardo Del Pozo and Regan Mast, adopted four-month-old Daisy, a German Shepherd, on the Fairfax County Animal Shelter proper after exchanging vows and saying “I do”.
In accordance with PEOPLE, the couple visited the animal shelter two days prior seeking to undertake a rescue pet.
A shelter worker instructed the couple {that a} four-month-old pet shall be out there for adoption throughout the grand opening of the shelter’s new department in Lorton.
Del Pozo and Mast have been instructed to be on the shelter’s grand opening for higher possibilities of having the ability to undertake the pup.
However there was a catch — the shelter’s grand opening was at 11 AM on October 28, the identical time AND day because the couple’s marriage ceremony ceremony.
However the couple instructed PEOPLE that they have been set on adopting Daisy the pup. So, they requested their officiant, shut mates, and household if they may transfer the marriage ceremony to 9 AM. Fortunately, everybody agreed.
Del Pozo recounts the second they arrived on the shelter, “I used to be in my swimsuit, and she or he was nonetheless in her gown.”
After exchanging their vows and snapping a number of marriage ceremony pictures, the couple rushed to the shelter.
Rebecca Cavedon, the shelter’s communications supervisor, reveals that the couple have been really first in line.
Cavedon stated the newlyweds arrived when the employees members on the Fairfax County Animal Shelter have been nonetheless slicing the ceremonial ribbon.
After adopting Daisy, Del Pozo and Mast stunned their family members on the marriage ceremony reception by bringing the latest furry addition to the household.
“It symbolized us beginning our circle of relatives,” Eduardo tells PEOPLE. “My spouse and I are past excited.”
The Fairfax County Animal Shelter posted about Daisy’s adoption and wrote, “It’s protected to say that Daisy shall be extremely beloved in her new dwelling, and we have been so comfortable for the newlyweds (and new canine mother and father)!”
