Soon, your dog will start to come towards you before you say ‘come’ Make the pause bigger now, and drop the verbal ‘come’ as soon as the dog is coming to the whistle alone. The Acme whistles Dog & Field sell include the most popular in the market, the Acme 210.5 dog whistle, which tends to be for closer work, whereas the Acme’s 211.5 whistle carries further which might be better suited to retrievers and labradors. The Acme 212 whistle, is considered the best all-rounder as it keeps an even tone no matter how hard you blow. Finally we also sell the Acme 535 silent whistle. Don’t rely on praise or petting. After a few repetitions, start to leave a gap of three seconds between the pips and the ‘come’.

A whistle always sounds the same, even when you are angry, or tired, or just have a cold, your whistle will sound the same to your dog, and this consistency helps him to learn. Control over the signalThis can be helpful if you have small children who tend to devalue the dog’s name or recall command by using it over and over again, and at the wrong times. The main advantage of whistle training for many pet dog owners is that it offers them the chance of a fresh start with their training. Selective hearing The 210.5 has been developed with an extremely high pitch to be best-suited to spaniel breeds; the 211.5, with a slightly lower pitch (although to the human ear the difference is almost indiscernible), is best suited to retriever breeds. Dog whistle training is the process of teaching your dog to display a specific behavior in response to a specific sound, the most common example being recall. The dog whistle is a brilliant tool for training your dog. When you call your dog’s name you sound a little bit different each time you give your signal. Your volume will vary, but so will the pitch and even tone of voice depending on how you are feeling at time. The dog whistle is utterly consistent, and makes the cue much clearer to your dog.

The whistle on the other hand, has no meaning to many dogs – at least not yet. But it is a new and interesting sound. And a chance for you to retrain your recall and get it right this time– we’ll look at that below. Will a whistle make my dog more obedient? This has to come first, and the only way to have a dog that really loves running up to his owner, is by reinforcing that behavior with a powerful reward.As working gun dogs Labradors must be able to follow whistle signals at a distance, especially the stop and recall whistle signals. However, one thing you can do, to build a great association between the whistle and a pleasurable experience, is to blow your recall whistle gently whenever you feed your pup.

Most of us don’t want to use punishment nowadays, and in any case, it is very difficult to punish a failed recall, so reinforcement is the way to go. You can find out much more about all this at the Dogsnet Training Center. ‘Get it’ and ‘Pair it’ first Remember, before you start to ‘teach’ a response you need to ‘get’ the behavior and ‘pair’ the behavior

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It makes sense to avoid making very loud noises next to your dog’s ears. Having said that, the whistles I recommend for both pet dogs and hunting companions should not do your dog any harm at all provided you do not blow them directly at his ear. Which is the best dog whistle? Everything hangs on your commitment to teaching him to respond to it. And that is what we’ll look at below. Let’s just deal with a common concern first. How to train your dog respond to the whistle A whistle alone won’t make your dog more obedient, but consistent whistle training will, provided that you commit to it.

One disadvantage of course to a mechanical signal like the whistle, is that it is possible to forget it! Dog Whistle Training for Disobedient Dogs. The thing is that the instructors at HPRs’ and at “retrievers'” use same whistle commands for different tasks (descending sound means ‘search’ at “retrievers” while it means ‘down’ at HPRs). Besides, instructor at HPRs’ uses different type of whistle from that at “retrievers'” and I do not want to change the whistle nor the whistle commands. As with any new training, make sure you avoid distractions to begin with. That’s for good dogs. Now let’s look at naughty dogs, because whistle training is a great chance to start over Starting over with dog whistle trainingThrough our passion and commitment to design and sell both our own top rated products as well as other leading brands; coupled with our pledge to provide outstanding customer service, that customers will happily return to buy from Dog & Field for many years to come. You can teach your dog to come to any kind of whistle blast that you can consistently make and repeat with your whistle Described below is the full range of Acme whistles which we offer. If you’d prefer to read about only a particular whistle please use the tabs above. You can hear it clearly too– I am not so keen on ‘silent’ whistles as I like to be able to hear what I am blowing Through our passion and commitment to design and sell both our own top rated products as well as other leading brands; coupled with our pledge to provide outstanding customer service, it is our hope that customers will happily return to buy from Dog & Field for many years to come.