Princeton Butler Wright
BORN: October 11, 1999/DIED: November 17, 2008
What a beautiful, loyal and unconditional loving dog. He loved all and each of us. He would show his love to us all. I would always say that he had a heart of gold! Where ever we were, he had to be right with us, daily.
When we purchased him, my youngest son, Ridge was 2 years old and very little. Princeton was so jealous of him, as he was the baby of he family. He always competed with Ridge as he wanted to be the baby. Just within the last few years, my son grew up enough to begin taking some responsibility of him. He fed, gave water and would take him out to use the bathroom. Ridge also, would run around shutting the doors all the time, as Prince liked investigating upstairs to see what treats of snacks others left in their rooms and on occasion, would eliminate in a room, when we fell behind in taking him outside.
He lived 9 years and has been in the house as long as we have lived here. In the last almost two years, Princeton was very important to us as, he lived through the hardest situation I could find myself in. We lost our oldest daughter to a MVC. Prince was so needed for the comfort that he gave us in coping with this experience. We found ourselves being reliant on him to give us a sense of hope and unconditional love. My daughter, Amberly raised him for 7 years and taught him everything that he knew (tricks and was the main care-taker of him, when she was living).
My youngest daughter, Jadalyn took up where Amberly left off. Princeton was so important in being therapeutic for helping Jada to cope with the lost of her sister. At the end of a day, we all looked forward to being with Prince to just be with us and give us love. My daughter, needed him with her to be able to sleep. Sleeping was very hard for her, after the tragic loss of her sister.
They became so close and best of friends. Now, she has to deal with the loss of her animal.
My older son, Korbin always thought that Princeton was a sissy dog, not masculine enough for him! He always played around and gave him a hard time. That is why we believe that he always went upstairs in his room to have his accidents. (we teased Korbin about he was mad at him.) 🙂 No matter how manly Korbin expected him to be, he loved him underneath that tough exterior. I am sure of it, as he was the last one to see him, before he passed away. He made a point to go in and pet him and rub his ears and face. Princeton always loved Korbin and dad to rub his belly. Belly rubs were the best!
It took all of 9 years, but I think the last two definitely helped in winning my husband over as to what a great dog he was! Steven was able to seek comfort in Princeton, too. In the end, he loved him as much as we did. My husband made many rules for him, but let them be broken close to the end. His biggest pet peeve, not to have him on the couch or bed. Over time, as he got older and aged, dad gave in. Steven had the hardest time in being able to make a decision to put him down as he was dying. He told me that he just couldn’t make the decision, that I would have to. He stalled to the very end and Princeton passed away where he rightfully should, at home with us! Our families home will always be his, as he eternally lives on the hill in the yard.
Thank you Princeton for being so good of a companion, all of the memories will remain in my heart, forever. A few of them…when we first brought him home, we had too many hands in the pot in potty training him. Everyone one of us had a different way, but we all loved him so much and wanted to help. That is why later, Amberly was addressed to be the care taker of him more so. She was home schooled at home more, not to mention the repore they had together. Prince was so important for her too, we moved from Virginia to Georgia and she was 11 years old. She had a really hard time transitioning to a new area and to school and friends. With having Princeton in her life, that gave her a company, a friend and hope in her life. He always loved chicken and hardboiled eggs mixed in his food. Loved to walk with us and going for rides in the car! What a character he was, if the kids left snacks around the house; he would find them and run to his room (in the laundry room) to enjoy them. We eventually caught on, as that would be the fastest he would run in his life. He liked getting out of the house and running out of the garage to outside around the neighborhood. He was hard to catch, not because he was big, but because he would do crazy eights all over the outside and make us chase him endlessly. Another time, he chased after our dwarf rabbit and with two people trying to chase after them and they still couldn’t catch either of them. (what a sight for new neighbors that were moving in, to see.) He would bark, when I would yell at the kids for not listening, as to tell them to listen to your mama! He would attempt to grab our leg if we were play fighting to get us off of one another. When he got into trouble, we could tell him to go to his room and when he awoke and came downstairs he knew where to go, to his quarters. He was so good about taking baths for us. When the groomer would come, he would be a coward, (we knew he had good service) he thought he was being taken from us. He would get depressed when we would go on vacation and not eat, until we came back.
A last sweet memory leading up to his loss, he knew that he was leaving us…When we realized that and began to all get emotional, he licked all of our tears to tell us that it was okay and that he loved us.
Princeton you are always be my boy! You are tops in my book. You hold a candle in rating you in the dog world, to me! I will always love you, with all of my heart. My only comfort, is that you are with Amberly. Please send her some love from us. I believe that she is home sick and needed a reminder of her home life. You don’t have to sit and sniff her hair to remember her, you are with her eternally, now.
Signs from God: Amberly was 11 when we got him, Ridge his competition is turning 11, He was born the 11th of October, passed away on the 11th month of the year, and at 11am.
Princeton you are a wonderful family pet, you are forever loved & missed!
xo xo xo xo xo xo xo xo xo xo xo xo xo xo xo xo xo xo xo xo
Loving You Always,
| Princeton Butler Wright |
| 17, Nov 2008 |
| Dana Wright |