I took the dogs on a new walk this afternoon, woodlands that border a massive warehouse facility for a shopping mall nearby . You cant see the warehouse from the woody paths but can hear transport . I must admit that whilst I always carry my whistle , I don't very often use it as both are ( usually ) good at recall , Sam was in front by about 10 yards , I was keeping him reasonably close as he has had a poorly paw , Millie was by my side . Suddenly , there was the sound of a fork lift truck reversing , it bleeped about five times , we couldn't see it but heard it plainly , Sam stood stock still then turned, ran straight back and sat instantly , facing me , bless the boy
Re: Pip pip pip Clever Sam. ;D Annoyingly (although not when your driving it those beeps are irritating) I think the reverse beep on our fork lift is broken or I'd have given it a go my recall is five peeps.
Re: Pip pip pip Poor old Pongo. I've been beginning to try to 're-train' his recall, using a whistle - pip-pip-pip. He now gets all excited with: - the oven timer - the microwave - the breadmaker - the tablet when it runs out of battery For a dog of little brain the world is a very confusing place.
Re: Pip pip pip You think think you got problems with Pongo. I taught Molly recall with four little pips on the whistle. It worked great indoors. Then I took it outside. What I had forgotten was that the Red Kites which infest our area have a cry that is four high pitched whistles
Re: Pip pip pip I have a bit of a whistle issue. Guide dogs are taught to the whistle from being born and her whistle came with her (a 211.5) Tatze was already trained to the whistle (a 210.5) so I decided to get both dogs used to both whistles. I don't think it's worked. I shall stick with one in future (the 211.5)
