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And they called it puppy love.

Joseph Guiso bends down to kiss his new ‘bride’ in a wedding ceremony with a difference – one of the parties has four legs and a tail.

An Australian man staged a ‘marriage’ to his beloved his yellow labrador in an outdoor ceremony and promptly sealed the union with a kiss.

Joseph Guiso and Honey were ‘joined in matrimony’ at Toowoomba’s Laurel Bank Park – and the real surprise is that 30 friends and family members turned up to witness the event.

‘You’re my best friend and you make every part of my day better,’ Mr Guiso read in his vows.

A self-described ‘religious guy,’ he said he could no longer stand the guilt of living with the canine cutie out of wedlock.

But, ‘it’s not sexual,’ he assured the wedding guests.

Honey, dressed for her big day in a white cape, was adopted by her husband five years ago when she was just a puppy.

The pair decided on the wedding during a walk through Laurel Bank Park one afternoon.

Spying another wedding taking place, Mr Guiso had an idea.

‘I said "that could be us",’ he told The Toowoomba Chronicle.

‘She didn’t say anything so I took that as a yes.’

According to his MySpace page, Mr Guiso a 20-year-old student majoring in education. who describes himself as straight, single and Catholic. (Daily Mail)