Wolfie's Travels

Like any good dog, I take my favorite human with me. Now they get bored easily so I find making sure they have good music to listen to keeps them in line. My human loves 80′s Music and this stuff called Classical music. In fact I am named after a very famous classical guy Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. When we walk my human has these things that go in his ears. He is always complaining about how bad and not very loud the audio is. Which is surprising as he actually is an audio gooroo (they say it is spelled guru but that makes no sense to me). So for Christmas I got him this:

Breathmints you say? Oh No not just breath mints – though he needs them – this is a inexepensive homemade audio amplifier. Now my human can make these himself, but he likes to spend time with me and so I found this from a guy in Kansas. This is called a CMOY headphone amp. It runs on two nine volt batteries and WOAH the audio is fantastic now (or so my human says).

Now CMOY is a funny name, but it is a device named after a guy (Chu Moy) who decided he could build the same audiophile amp others charged hundreds of dollars for, for cheap – and he did. You can build one yourself for about $15-20, or buy this one for under $50 (including fast shipping).

Here is the link to buy one on ETSY - http://www.etsy.com/shop/Ampedup?ref=top_trail

He also sells on ebay. There are more expensive ones (not much more) that are nice as well like this one that has an extra feature or two - http://www.jdslabs.com/

Or if you want to build one for about $20 in parts and shipping - http://www.electricsumo.com/shop/new-banzai-v2-cmoy-hi-fi-audiophile-headphone-amplifier-kit/ (takes time to ship this is in Thailand). You have to supply your own tin of course. If my human has time away from me I may get him one to build.

Personally I think I made the right choice in using AmpedUp as the builder, it was less money and my smart human likes the Op-Amp used (audio gooroo term for part that makes the audio louder) and says it sounds the best over the Op-Amp used in jdslabs CMOY tin. The Kit in Thailand uses a similar Op-Amp to the one my human likes.

He likes it so much he uses it between his iPhone and Stereo in the car too!!

By the way he uses two types of headphones – those that go in your ears and those that go over your ears. My human is kind of cheap, but like I said he is an audio gooroo (I know I know its guru but that doesn’t look right). So he found these that go in your ears for under $100 and sound great!!  They are Grado iGi ear buds

http://www.amazon.com/Grado-iGi-In-Ear-Headphones/dp/B002QL1KRS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1324831854&sr=8-1

And for over your ears he likes these (also) Grado SR80i headphones.

http://www.amazon.com/Grado-Prestige-SR80i-Stereo-Headphone/dp/B000G3LCQC/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1324832015&sr=1-1

He says for under $100 it is like being in a concert hall – and my bonus is they are open ear so when he blasts them I get to hear too – however my other human he calls The Wife doesn’t like that much at night so he uses the in your ear ones when she is around.

He says that’s why he loves the little CMOY amp I got him because the Op-Amp it is the same chip in the Grado RA-1 battery headphone amp ($350) I saved $300!!! Plus the Tin looks way cooler!

So be nice to your human and treat his ears to a treat – and keep him from getting bored and in trouble. I know whenever I am bored I get in deep trouble!

I asked my Dad to write up what we take on trips with me. I am a working dog so they make me work (I really love it) and I carry all this in my own backpack.

1)   A 6 foot or under leash. Please NO RETRACTABLE LEASHES – Not only do most places say no to a retractable leash, but it also protects your dogs!

2)   Backpack. Wolfie does have his own backpack he carries, but if your dog can’t you should have these items with in a backpack or bag dor you:

1. Paper Towels
2. Water
3. Collapsible water bowl
4. Poop Bags
5. Small garbage bags (some locations have you take your own trash out with you)
6. Treats
7. Medicine  - You need to confer with your vet for proper use and dosages
8. Benadryl (for those insect bite) the dosage is is 1mg per pound
9. Pepcid (for upset stomach/insect bites) – generally 10mg for under 50lbs and 20mg for 51+
10. Dramamine (for our carsick friends)
11. Pepto Bismal Caplets – ¼ tablet per 20 pounds of weight every 6-8 hours
12. Antibiotics – We only take on longer trips as a precaution
    1. i.     Fish-Flex – The Antibiotic Cephaloxin sold through pet stores – 10mg per pound –perfect for scratches and cuts 2-3 times a day
    2. ii.     Fish- Zol – 3-23mg per pound – The Antibiotic Metronidazole – helps prevent diarrhea.  2-3 times a day
13. Buffered Aspirin – 10mg per pound – 2 times a day

3)   Gauze

4)   Triple Anti-Biotic Ointment

5)   Copy of Shot Records

6)   Favorite Toy

7)   Towel – great to lay on or dry off if dog gets wet.

8)   Cell Phone

So I have not had time to catch up from September/October 2007 travels with Dawn to Ukraine and London…

Going backwards – here is our trip to Tower of London

Unfortunately the owners of the radio station that I have been a part of for 20 years have severe financial issues and are going to sell the station. Non-commercial stations are not as valuable as commercial stations, but they believe this is the only way they can survive.

Here is an article that appeared in the Washington Times this past week. -  http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20070718/BUSINESS/107180017/1006

So it appears a career change is heading my way, never figured on that happening, but there you go…

Well is was only a week, but it felt like an eternity. She had kept going in this one person’s backyard who had cat food out for her cats. We convinced the person to let us set the live trap and put the cat food in the trap. It was set on Friday evening, and in the morning, bam there she was in the live trap!! She is well, skinny and dirty but well. Thanks to everyone looking, and especially the town of Mount Airy who seemed to pull the stops out on finding this poor girl.

UPDATE SHE HAS BEEN FOUND AND IS BACK AT HER FOSTER HOME

Jessie is a Mid-Atlantic German Shepherd Rescue dog lost in Mount Airy, MD. She was last seen near Shirley Bohn Road and Buffalo Road. She is truly a rescue dog, very scared. Do not try and catch her, she will run. Her foster parents and temporary foster parents are very worried about this girl.

Our dearest Maggie went to the Rainbow Bridge last week. It looked like she contracted pneumonia, but when the anti-biotics did not work, and she got worse on Sunday. We realized she probably had cancer that had moved to her lungs. I don’t know what it is about January, but we lost little Angel in January of 2001. I am beginning to think that January is just not a good month for us.
We got Maggie when she was 12 weeks old, and Dawn and I had just gotten married. She was 12 when we made that difficult decision to let her go. It was good to see her peaceful for the last few moments of her life. The previous 4 days she had such trouble breathing, even with the chest percussions and being surrounded by Vicks Vaporizers.

Maggie had lots of spunk until she got sick. She would still chase the other dogs and loved her two toys – her Frisbee that our Angel taught her to play, and her purple ball that ALL the dogs even the fosters knew better then to take from her.

We miss her, and the house is quiet. Rosie has been a God send as she has kept PD’s mind off of Maggie, and she snuggles with me.

A lot has happened since I posted, Brian and Rentz were adopted, and we have had several other fosters. One was Rosie:

The problem was she was so cute we adopted her in October! She is fitting in quite nice, and she is a Daddy’s little girl. So now I have claimed two of the dogs!

Our new fosters are Brian and Rentz are brothers who were turned into the shelter together. Both are super sweet, goofy boys who love getting and giving attention. They both came to us in vary bad shape. Malnurished, saying they were skin and bones would be kind. They were just a skeleton. I’ll post more about each next.

Spent yesterday sick to my stomach, it was very wierd. Our neighbors surprised us early this year with their annual fireworks show on the 1st instead of the 3rd or 4th. The dogs had no problem, though Sara barked at the first couple of pops. It was very pretty to watch. Sue’s horses were not happy about it though. As Dawn says it lasts longer then the DC fireworks and is prettier. I am not sure if they hire someone, but it is cool to sit in your backyard and get a full fireworks show.