Rebecca McBride quit her full time job to pursue a career where she gets to be her own boss and do something she loves — being a professional dog wedding chaperone and pet sitter.
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00:00It's kind of niche, you know, like when people ask me what I do, they're like, what?
00:14I was waitressing at a wedding venue and they brought their dog along and I was like,
00:20like I'd never seen this before, like didn't really, like it didn't even pop into my mind
00:24that someone like could bring the dog along and I was just like, oh my god, this is the best thing
00:29ever, like love this and me being like a massive dog lover, I was meant to be like serving drinks
00:36and stuff but I was like gravitating towards the dog so I was like, oh do you need a wee
00:42hand, like I'll take the dog out and stuff like that because the whole family were passing
00:49the dog between them and like trying to balance like drinks and take photos and the dog was
00:54like pulling them all directions, like they couldn't really enjoy their day at their
00:59family's wedding because like they were having to look after the dog. I knew I wanted to work
01:04for myself, I want to work with dogs and the wedding idea was always in the back of my mind.
01:11My name is Rebecca McBride so that's where McBride and groom came from and then once that
01:17kind of came to me, like I was like right okay, like I'm doing it. Nowadays with social media,
01:24like it is really important to have that side of it to advertise so that's been really crucial
01:30I think, doing my little videos to get my name out there. I love when it's a surprise, I would say
01:37like I have brides and grooms reach out to me and say I would love my dog to be standing there,
01:45like for my other half on the wedding day and like them not know about it and I think that's
01:50really really sweet. Most people do want an overnight stay for their dog so while they're
01:56having a little drink and a party at the wedding, I take the dog back and look after it and have a
02:01little sleepover with me. Be brave and kind of go with your gut and there is no point like staying
02:09in something that's making you unhappy. You only have one life is what I kept telling myself and
02:15you don't want to be doing something that you don't love.