up an area inside for me. A quiet room where the dogs can be comfortable.”
“The groom’s room,” Renee and Pallas said at the same time.
“Not the bride’s room?” Wynn asked. “It’s so much bigger.”
“We can’t risk it,” Renee told her. “We need it by midday on Friday and if there’s any kind of accident, we can’t be sure the smell will be gone or the carpet dry. The groom is just putting on a suit or a tux. The bride has the whole dress thing going on.”
“I hadn’t thought of that,” Wynn admitted. “This is why you two are the professionals.”
“You’ll want to put down some kind of indoor-outdoor carpet to protect the floor,” Natalie pointed out. “The filming situation could be stressful for the dogs, plus whatever food they’re eating. Is there a cake or something?”
Renee typed on her tablet. “Floor protection. An excellent idea. Now, food.” She read for a second. “Okay, they’re providing doggie snacks. There will be a dog food cake and doggie cookies. We need to have catering for the humans. An easy lunch.” She made more notes on her tablet. “I’ll call the canine catering company and get information on what they’re providing.” She grinned. “We should either avoid cookies altogether or get sugar cookies with icing. That way we can have the bakery write ‘human’ on them.”
Everyone laughed.
She looked back at her list. “I’m thinking we’ll need to have the human catering inside. Otherwise it will be too tempting for the dogs. How about a salad and taco bar, two or three different kinds of sandwiches, water, soda and juices, plus dessert?”
Pallas nodded. “That sounds great. Odele told us we need vegetarian and vegan options.”
“So no meat, no eggs, no dairy.” Renee thought for a second. “Sure. We can do corn tortillas and have beans and rice at the taco bar. I’ll make sure the caterer provides a vegetarian sandwich and a vegan option. Maybe we’ll do some kind of a soup.”
She made more notes. Jasper reminded himself to avoid the vegan dessert.
“Decorations,” Renee said and activated the screen on the wall. “Time is of the essence. Anything custom has to be easy to get. So I went on Etsy.”
“I love that site,” Wynn murmured.
Jasper had no idea what they were talking about. “What’s Etsy?”
Pallas looked pitying. “It’s a website with all kinds of crafts and different creations. We bought Ryan the cutest toy box. It’s just gorgeous and really well made. You should check it out.”
Renee’s mouth twitched. “Yes, Jasper, check it out. It’s very you.”
“Uh-huh. You’re just messing with me.”
Renee was still smiling when she pressed a button on her laptop. A picture of a floral dog collar appeared on the screen.
“I spoke to the vendor. She’s doing a rush job in eight colors. They’ll be here by Monday.”
Renee clicked the button again. A bow tie collar appeared. “These are for the boy dogs and will coordinate with the flower collars. We went with white, pink, blue, red, green, yellow, purple and orange.”
“Not black?” he asked.
Verity glanced at him. “Black might not film well. There wouldn’t be definition in the flowers.”
All the other women were nodding. Were they just born knowing this kind of stuff?
“So no black,” he muttered.
“I’d love to do cuffs for the paws,” Renee said, “but we don’t have enough time. So these will have to do.”
“I could do paw cuffs out of paper,” Natalie offered. “It wouldn’t take any time at all. I’d use peel and stick dots to hold them in place, that way they can be adjustable, depending on the size of the dog. Read me the colors again. I’ll have them match.”
“Are you sure?” Renee asked.
“I think it would be fun.”
Renee listed the colors. Natalie wrote them down, then the meeting moved on. Renee clicked the computer again. Rows of white chairs appeared.
“Odele wants flowers at the end of each row of chairs.” Renee sighed. “I’ve already got a call in to the florist to make sure the flowers they send over aren’t poisonous to dogs. We’ll have ten tables that seat six.” Another picture went up on the screen, this one showing a set table.
“I’m thinking white linens with black runners, seeing as we’re not using black anywhere else.” She glanced at Jasper. “Black will be a good contrasting color.”
“Sure. But how do you use a runner? The tables are round.”
Several more pitying looks were cast his way.
“We run them north-south and east-west, so they cross. It’s pretty and simple. Flowers on every