Wedding Packages in South Jersey

Book as early as you can — at least 3 to 6 months out. Wedding dates fill up fast, especially in peak season (May through October), and we book one wedding per day so the dog gets full attention.

If your wedding is sooner than that, call us anyway. We may have availability, and even if we don't, we can sometimes refer you to handlers we trust. We'd rather lose the booking and keep your dog safe than overbook a wedding day.

Ideally yes — at least basic-obedience level. Sit, down, stay, walk on a leash without pulling. Wedding days are high-stakes one-shot environments, and a dog that can't hold a sit or walk on a loose leash is going to struggle.

If your dog isn't there yet, we can run pre-wedding training in the weeks leading up. We've started dogs from scratch a few months out and gotten them ceremony-ready. The earlier you call, the more time we have.

Yes — ring-bearer roles are one of the most common requests, and we love them. The training is straightforward for most dogs: a recall down the aisle, a sit-stay at the altar, and an exit cue. We run rehearsals before the wedding so the cues are locked in.

We'd recommend a backup pillow for the actual rings — symbolic ring tied to the dog's collar is photogenic, real rings tied to the dog's collar is risky. Your jeweler will thank us.

Tell us at the consultation. Reactive or anxious dogs can sometimes still be part of the wedding day, but the plan looks different — fewer hours at the venue, photos only (no ceremony), or ceremony only with a private exit afterward.

If the dog is genuinely going to be miserable at the venue, we'll tell you honestly. A wedding day isn't worth the trauma to the dog — and there are ways to include them (photos at home before, video call during ceremony) that don't require putting them through a public event.

Yes — photo coordination is one of the most valuable pieces of the package. We work directly with your photographer, handle the dog into and out of frame, manage the calm sit you need for formal portraits, and clean up between shots so the timeline doesn't slip.

We stay invisible in the photos themselves — we're handling the dog from behind the photographer, on the cue. You and the dog are in the picture; we're not.

Yes, if you want them there. Many couples have the dog at ceremony and photos, then we extract the dog before the reception. Others want the dog at cocktail hour or the early reception too. We adapt to whatever the venue and the dog can handle.

We'll never push for more reception time than the dog should do. Most dogs do best with a clear exit point — usually after photos and the first hour of cocktail hour — and we'll tell you honestly when we think it's time.

K9 Stride is our sister company that provides boarding and pet sitting. For honeymoon care, we hand the dog off to K9 Stride at the end of the wedding day — they take over from there with in-home sitting or facility boarding, depending on what you've booked.

One company, one trusted team across the wedding day and the honeymoon. The handoff is seamless because we know each other and we know your dog. Pricing for honeymoon care is separate from the wedding package and gets quoted at the consultation.

Sometimes — it depends on the destination, the timeline, and what's reasonable. For weddings within driving distance of South Jersey, we travel readily. For further destinations, we'll talk through it on a case-by-case basis at the consultation.

If we can't travel, we can sometimes connect you with a trusted handler in the destination area and consult on the plan remotely. We'd rather refer you well than overcommit and underdeliver on your wedding day.

We adapt. Most outdoor wedding venues have rain plans, and we coordinate with you and the venue on the morning-of decision. The dog's role usually doesn't change — we just move the staging area to wherever the ceremony has moved to.

If conditions are genuinely unsafe for the dog (extreme heat, severe storms), we'll have a conversation. Your dog's safety always wins. We'll never push a dog into a wedding-day moment that isn't appropriate for them.

Call us at 856-248-0802 or use the contact form on this site. Tell us your wedding date, venue, and what you'd love the dog's role to be — and we'll schedule a free consultation to walk through it.

The consultation is no-obligation. You'll leave with a clear plan, real pricing, and a sense of whether what you want is realistic for your dog. From there, you decide.