When Michelle Dodds and Mike Singler started planning their wedding, the Florida couple both knew incorporating Michelle’s late brother, Jeffrey “Jay” Nelson Dodds, a pug lover, into the most important day of their lives was a must.

Because Dodds shared her brother’s love for the breed, she and Singler, who exchanged vows Jan. 4, decided to forgo traditional flower bouquets for their bridesmaids, instead replacing them with something more personal: pugs!