By Debbie Emery - Breaking Celebrity News Reporter

A dream wedding is the most important thing in the world for most engaged couples, but not these devoted pet owners.

Melanie Cannon and Eddie Hanna of Port Orange, Florida, gave up their entire wedding fund for the sake of their sick pit bull, Koda, after they discovered that the rescued runt of the litter suffered from serious health defects.

The newly engaged couple adopted Koda last year from the Halifax Humane Society, but when they took him to the vet for a check-up he told them the young pup had the worst case of liver shunt that he'd ever seen and would need lifelong medication.

Despite having already lost a large chunk of their wedding fund when plans had to be canceled last minute because Melissa's grandmother died, whether to save the smiling pit bull mix