Joseph Guiso kisses his new 'bride.'

Joseph Guiso kisses his new 'bride.' (The Telegraph)

TOOWOOMBA, Australia ( KTLA) -- An Australian man has taken marrying your "best friend" to a whole new level. He's now hitched to his dog.

Joseph Guiso, 20, married his 5-year-old golden Labrador Retriever named "Honey" in an elaborate wedding ceremony at a park in Toowoomba.

Thirty of Guiso's friends and family attended the ceremony, which concluded with the groom getting down on one knee and planting a kiss on his four-legged bride.


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"You're my best friend and you make every part of my day better," Guiso told Honey, according to the New York Daily News.

Animal rights groups in Australia have disapproved of the wedding.

Guiso says the relationship is purely platonic and that the wedding was a light-hearted way to celebrate with friends.