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- Lumi, a personage canine pinch much than 550,000 followers connected Instagram, served arsenic ringing bearer successful his owners Jackie and Ben Jacob's June 14 wedding successful New York City
- The 4-year-old Samoyed wore a civilization achromatic tuxedo for nan occasion
- "He did amazing! He made it to america and delivered nan rings for illustration a existent gentleman," Jackie tells PEOPLE
Bride and groom Jackie and Ben Jacob were perfectly contented to beryllium upstaged astatine their ain wedding.
The couple's canine Lumi — who happens to beryllium an online personage pinch much than 550,000 followers connected Instagram — stole nan show astatine their June 14 nuptials erstwhile he trotted down nan aisle successful a civilization achromatic tuxedo successful his domiciled arsenic ringing bearer.
"He did amazing! He made it to america and delivered nan rings for illustration a existent gentleman," Jackie, 27, tells PEOPLE of nan 4-year-old Samoyed's large moment.
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She says nan couple's astir 200 guests sewage a footwear retired of nan furry wedding statement member. "They perfectly loved it. Everyone was taking pictures and videos, laughing, cheering, smiling," she recalls. "They adored him."
To convey him for his service, nan mates treated Lumi to a typical treat: a meal featuring filet of beef, Peruvian potatoes and grilled asparagus, made by nan wedding caterer, Marcia Selden Catering. The canine tin beryllium seen successful a photograph from Jackie and Ben's wedding time smiling pinch excitement arsenic he eyed his feast.
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Lumi besides made a cameo connected nan couple's wedding cake, created by Lovely Cakes, successful nan shape of a mini figurine. In addition, nan mates held elephantine cutouts of Lumi's caput connected nan creation floor.
Jackie, who is simply a societal media influencer, and Ben, a erstwhile package technologist who is presently studying astatine Columbia Business School, welcomed Lumi into nan family successful August 2021.
The fluffy achromatic canine first recovered net fame successful April 2023, erstwhile Jackie posted a video of herself carrying Lumi successful a backpack, which she often uses to get astir municipality pinch nan ample pup. The clip quickly went viral, racking up 4 cardinal views successful nether 12 hours.
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"From there, I started posting more, and group really enjoyed watching our life and what it's for illustration having a large canine successful New York City," Jackie explains.
And it's nary astonishment to nan mates that Lumi has captured nan hearts of truthful many. "He’s a very goofy, silly boy — ever smiling and ever making america laughter while besides being ace saccharine and showing emotion to anyone and everyone," Jackie says.
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Jackie and Ben, besides 27, first met astatine summertime campy erstwhile they were 11 years aged and began making love erstwhile they were 16. They exchanged rings successful December successful London's Hyde Park.
"We fell successful emotion pinch nan metropolis erstwhile we some studied overseas location astatine nan aforesaid clip successful 2018," Jackie tells PEOPLE. "It was our first clip being successful nan aforesaid spot together — since we didn’t turn up successful nan aforesaid municipality — truthful it was ace typical that we sewage to acquisition London together."
When it came clip to scheme their wedding, they knew it had to beryllium successful New York City, wherever they've put down roots together — and they were arsenic group connected Lumi being a portion of nan typical occasion. They tied nan knot astatine 74Wythe, a Brooklyn venue pinch stunning views of nan Manhattan skyline.
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While they opted to person a black-tie event, they still wanted nan ceremony to person a "fun and lighthearted" feel, Jackie notes.
"With each of nan Lumi- and city-themed decor, I deliberation we accomplished that equilibrium of general and fun," she says.
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For nan ceremony, which was officiated by Rabbi Jonathan Blake, Jackie wore Suzanne Neville's Degas dress.
In an adorable moment, nan mates did a "first look" pinch Lumi. In a clip shared connected Instagram, nan canine could beryllium seen trotting up to Jackie and Ben, arsenic they stood successful their wedding finery, and moving excited circles astir them.
"I tried truthful difficult not to outcry astatine really tiny this was," Jackie wrote successful nan caption.