By stating that Princess was my favorite fur family member doesn't mean I loved the others any less, it's just that I had Princess longer than any other animal and she was so smart and helpful through so many things.

Although Princess was 13 years old and I was planning on putting her down as she was in great pain due to hip problems and other things. I had planned on doing it in the fashion she deserved (a vet coming to our home, giving her the needle while surrounded by all of those who loved her) this didn't happen.

My daughter wanted my ex-husband to say goodbye to her so I allowed her to bring Princess to see him. He did not return her and consequently allowed her to roam free and with her eyesight going and her lack of memory,she wandered onto a highway and was killed. He didn't find her for 8 hours,so I have no idea of how much she suffered or if she went quickly (as I hope). This dog was my best friend for 13 years and even to this day I miss her so much. She was a major part of my life and was considered another member of the family. Only another animal lover could understand this and the great loss one suffers when their pet dies. To others it may seem foolish, but not to me and the many others who view these wonderful animals as our family members. They offer nothing but unconditional love. I've seen many sites that have created a rainbow bridge page for their dear fur familymembers who passed away,and it was comforting to know that so many others feel that way about their pets. My love for my animals is why I have created a site to them.

Here are more pictures of Princess

This first picture of her isn't very good because I used one of those instant cameras. I have lots of wonderful and amazing stories about this dog. She was my best friend for 13 years. There wasn't a dog before or after her that could match all she did. I will share more later. This is just my way of honoring my best fur family member. When she died, Ryan took all her pictures and made a memorial album for her....now we can't find it.Guess I'm lucky to have these left.

This wonderful German Shepherd had two guard dogs for parents and yet with our family she was the gentliest animal I've ever seen. When Ryan was small, he used to jump from the couch onto her and she never did a thing. When Ryan decided to use her as a boxing partner, she never bit him - she just ate his boxing gloves one night while we slept.  It was her way of saying "That's enough!!"

I was operated on in 1985 and came home earlier than I should have, but I hate hospitals, so when I arrived home, I wondered how I would make it up the stairs to the bathroom. Well, the first time I tried, Princess ran over and sat down at the bottom of the stairs. This wasn't unusal as she followed me everywhere

What was rare is what happened next. Somehow she knew there was something wrong and while I grabbed the railing and was trying to pull myself up, she looked up at me. Now, usually when she followed me upstairs, she would run ahead and almost trip me, so I was a little leary about going up with her there. But she just kept looking up at me and then at the stairs. Well, I just knew that she was going to help, so I grabbed her collar with my other hand.

As soon as I did that, she slowly started up the stairs pulling me to each step. She then got me upstairs and waited outside the bathroom and then preceeded to take me down the stairs by allowing me to lean on her weight to sturdy myself. She did this for 7 days, untilI was able to go up myself. Another rare thing was her knowing when I was able to go up by myself. One day as I was again going up, she was still sitting beside me, but when I tried to grab her collar,she ran ahead up the stairs. I had no trouble climbing them myself that day and she was waiting at the top...almost saying "See, I knew you could make it on your own today!!" Now if that isn't smart - then tell me what is?

My ex-husband liked to do things with Princess that used to amaze me. He started training her one weekend to find the kids. We lived across the street from a few factories and they had tons of spaces and lockers all over the place. I would hold Princess while he went and hid the kids. Then he'd yell for me to let her go while saying "Find the kids, Princess....go find the kids". And she always did. She would run fast and sniff around until she found them. It usually only took her about 2 minutes to search then entire area and find them. Our Pit Bull, Madussa couldn't find her tail if it wasn't attached to her. :)



I'll be adding lots more about this fantastic dog....she did some pretty amazing things that she was never trained to do. This dog deserves to be in a Hall of Fame because she sure rated up there when it came to doing amazing acts.

Also, please visit my female's Special Memorial Page to all of her other beautiful fur family members (they were all before me)

[Princess's Place] [Kody's Place ] [Lucky's Place] [ Spunky's Place ] [Fluffy's PlaceA] [ Moochie's Pug World ] [ Elsa's Pit Bull Page ]
[ Madussa - The Pit Bull] [Moo - The Cow Cat ] [Lucky II's Place ] [Pugsley's Pug Farm ] [ Magnum - "Mr. Hollywood" ]
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