Author: jeepthedog

What could be cuter than a Great Pyrenees?

Try TWO pyrs, especially when one is still a puppy!  Fluffy 13 week old Willow came to meet Jeep for the first time today.  You might recall that Willow’s owner is Palombi teacher Mr. Johnson.

Mr. Johnson has been busy this summer teaching Willow important dog things like how to walk on a leash nicely, how to go up and down stairs and how to interact with people and dogs. Of course being a pyr, Willow is a natural at the people part. However, going down the stairs is going to take a little more work.  (Remember when our friend Jeep had trouble learning that, too?)

Jeep really enjoyed the visit and did a fantastic job at trying to convince Willow to play. Jeep’s tail was up and wagging and she made lots of play bows to invite Willow to join the game.  By the end of the visit, Willow started to have some fun.  Jeep sure enjoys making new friends, especially when they are a fuzzy puppy!

Oh oh!  Just look at this little bundle of pyr fluff!  I bet I know who she reminds you of!

Palombi teacher Mr. Johnson brought home 12 week old baby Willow yesterday.  Willow was born in Iowa.  Happily for us, Mr. Johnson brought Willow to the district office this morning so we could all get some puppy love.  What a cutie!

Stay tuned because next week our friend Jeep will meet Willow for the first time.  That should be quite a bit of pyr fun!

Jeep is having a very busy summer!  Today she visited with a local church youth group and watched a flag raising ceremony.  After that she went to Thompson School to say good bye to all her summer school friends since today is the last day of summer school. Didn’t that time go by fast?

No doubt Jeep will miss her kid friends, but she will continue her training this summer by politely walking around Lake Geneva’s streets and stores.  Of course she will also have plenty of splash time with Dottie Com in her wading pool.  And, if she is really lucky she might be allowed to play in the mud when it rains.  We will have to see……

Jeep was on hand to welcome all students to Summer School at Thompson this morning.  Some of Jeep’s friends from Hooper and Martin were both surprised and pleased to know that Jeep visits all four Lake Villa 41 schools.

Jeep’s tail couldn’t keep still when she saw her kid friends return.  Good girl, Jeep!

Jeep enjoyed being outside with all her kid friends yesterday at Field Day.  She especially enjoyed jumping in the small wading pool at Hooper.  We were so lucky to have such great weather for such a fun End of the Year event!

We all know Jeep is the ultimate chill dog.  She rarely gets excited and when she does she will gently wag her tail.  She doesn’t jump, doesn’t bark and doesn’t run around.  She is calm even in the lunchroom.  Jeep likes nothing more than hanging out with her kid friends (unless of course there was some mud nearby.)

Jeep is very lucky.  She has a lot of kids that love to hug her and some like to use her as a fluffy pillow.  I have to admit, that is one thing that I like to do, too.

Remember when Jeep first came to school?  She was 16 pounds.  She is now 100 pounds of pyr fluffy love.

Our wonderful PTO has a fundraiser at Culver’s in Grayslake on Tuesday, May 23rd  from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. (yes, that is tomorrow!)  Kids be sure to tell your parents you want Culver’s that way your mom and dad don’t have to cook and you don’t have to do the dishes!

Our friend Jeep is feeling MUCH better since her recent allergic reaction and she is looking forward to a small vanilla custard ice cream bowl and maybe even a plain butter burger.   Jeep and I will be there at 5 p.m. sharp.

It’s probably a good thing both Jeep and the ice cream are white in case she gets a little bit messy – I am sure Dot Com would like to clean her off.  On second thought, ssshhhh!!!  Let’s not tell Dot, she might get jealous.

Our friend Jeep has been going through a bit of a rough patch lately.  We all know how much Jeep likes to play in water, but for the last month Jeep has been drinking way too much water!  She just wants to guzzle, guzzle, guzzle water.  I am pretty sure she would drink her wading pool dry if we let her!

Jeep has been to the vet to see what might be causing her to over drink.  Her vet took blood and urine samples.  She was treated for a week with an antibiotic called amoxicillin for a urinary tract infection.  But that did not stop her crazy drinking.  After even more tests, her vet switched her yesterday to a new stronger antibiotic called Cipro.

I gave Jeep her very first pill last night.  Now we all know Jeep is a very picky eater and an even worse pill taker so I put it in liverwurst and covered it with maple syrup. She gobbled it right up. Yum yum!

But almost as soon as Jeep swallowed the pill, she started to shake her head, ears and body.  Pretty soon

her eyes started to swell shut.  Even her ears swelled up.  They felt as thick as pancakes.  I knew right then that our friend was having a serious allergic reaction to the medication and she needed help.

Unfortunately it was night-time and our vet was closed so I rushed her to the animal Emergency Vet which was a very  long car ride away – 45 minutes!  Once we got there the emergency vet gave Jeep a shot of antihistamine (Benedryl) to stop the allergic reaction.  It worked perfectly!  Whew! ( I have to brag that our Jeep was a good girl about getting her shot – she was very brave and didn’t cry or even whimper!)

I brought Jeep home last night and we have to give her even more benedryl for the next few days.  In case you didn’t know, benedryl makes people and dogs very tired.  Our Sleepy Jeepie is now at home stretched out on her cool pads with a fan blowing on her fur, dreaming great doggy dreams. (probably about stealing Dot Com’s ball and splashing around in her wading pool. I sure hope it’s not about drinking more water!)

Meet General.  He is a ten year old Great Pyrenees.  His family
recently went on vacation and left him behind at a kennel for boarding.  

Obviously General wanted to be with his family.  He escaped by opening four doors (one with his mouth) and was found later sleeping (no surprise there pyr fans) in a neighbor’s yard waiting for his family’s return.  Interestingly, some of the doors General had to push open and others he had to pull open.  I wonder how he knew what to do? He is one clever pyr!

Hopefully our friend Jeep doesn’t get any crazy ideas like that. Pyrenees are known in the dog world to be escape artists and secure fencing is a must for a pyr family.  Thankfully General is home safe and sound.  I bet next time his family will take him with them on vacation.  Hopefully they have a BIG car to fit everyone in.

Check out the video on this link –   General the Escape Artist