Exclusive | Puppy Love: Couple with the same dog…
This is the paw-fect love story.
An Alabama couple with the same dog met on Hinge — and while they have been falling in love, so have been their pups.
Photographer Anna Ward of Birmingham first related with her now-husband David in the fall of 2024 after seeing a picture on his courting app profile of his King Charles Cavalier Spaniel, Linus.
The pup wasn’t only the same breed as her pooch, Piper, but the same coloration as properly.
David and Anna Ward introduced their canines, Linus and Piper, on their first date and both {couples} immediately clicked. Sarah Street Weddings
“Then I also noticed that his owner was really cute,” Anna told The Post.
She reached out to him first with the message, “WAIT. I have a Ruby Cav too,” to which he suavely replied, “When can they meet?”
Just a few days later, David, a advertising director dwelling in Huntsville, had to be in Birmingham for work, so he and Anna met at the park to take their canines for a stroll — which they didn’t know at the time could be the first of eternally strolls.
It was pet love at first sight for Linus, 4 and Piper, 9, who have been immediately smitten with one another.
“Just immediate best buds,” Anna said.
“Yeah, they picked up like they’d known each other their whole lives,” David added.
Anna reached out to David first via Hinge, commenting on the picture of his pup. Anna Ward
Their people have been just as lovestruck.
“I saw her walking up with her dog and she was incredibly beautiful,” David gushed. “We had a lot of similarities, and so just really easy conversation and a lot of laughs.”
The couple lived an hour and a half from each other, so they dated long distance for 9 months before getting engaged — which took its toll on the bonded hounds.
“When we would separate them, they would refuse to eat and would get really sad,” Anna said.
“So Linus actually came to live with me before David did.”
Linus and Piper would refuse to eat whenever they obtained separated. Anna Ward
When David obtained down on one knee, the canines rushed in and wagged their tails. Anna Ward
When it got here time to suggest, David determined to pop the query at Highland Park, where they first met — with their fur infants in tow, of course.
In the proposal video, they are often seen wagging their tails and approaching David as he will get down on one knee — seeming to perceive what was taking place.
“Yeah, I think they did,” David said. “They also love seeing us together, so they get excited.”
The bride and groom topped their marriage ceremony cake with porcelain replicas of their spaniels. Anna Ward
The lovebirds, who tied the knot in July 2025, made sure to characterize Linus and Piper on their marriage ceremony cake — with a set of tiny porcelain spaniels as toppers.
The canines are settling properly into married life.
“They love to snuggle up next to each other,” Anna said.
In November, Anna posted a video of the two pups cuddling, with the caption, “You accidentally find your dog a boyfriend by meeting a guy on Hinge who has the same dog and now every date is a double date” — which went viral with almost 600,000 views.
Many viewers of the heartwarming clip have been unaware that the couple was already married.
“A lot of people were like, ‘You have to stay together for the children,’” Anna recalled, laughing.
“And I was like, ‘Luckily we did.’”
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