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Hope and Andrew Buker shared their wedding spotlight with the bride's parents' 11-year-old dog, Mike, when he adorably plopped down in the middle of the aisle

Mike waited for "everyone to pet him and tell him he was a good boy" before settling at the bride and groom's feet

"We felt like Mike knew Hope was going to be leaving home soon and he wanted to have as much time with her as possible," the bride's mother, Heidi Goble, tells PEOPLE

A senior pet dog stole the show during a bride and groom's wedding.

Hope and Andrew Buker, both 23, tied the knot on July 30 in an intimate backyard ceremony in Westminster, California. The wedding was attended by 17 of the couple's closest friends and family members, plus the bride's parents' 11-year-old English Labrador retriever, Mike

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