Rasputin
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Haha.
Whistle??
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Haha.
countrryboy
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I mind reading in a gundog book many years ago, his theory was that silent whistles are not ideal esp in novice hands as they might not be blowing the correct signals , or even the whistle might not be working, u'd never even know.
Have to admit i've never used 1 but do see odd folk with them and bizzarely often have both silent and normal whistles on there lanyard, thy do dabl in FT spaniels so possibly trained to both and u can whistle a tune on the silent and no one rally knows ur dog is disobeying u.
I'd agree with others makes no odds which pitch really and just buy a few and leave them a few likely places.
I have some hanging in kennel, back door with jackets, pick up dash and the emergency 1 in my game bag.
I mind picking up a duck flight after work 1 night so was rushing to get there, took the guns up in a different motor so forgot to take whistle, was a long night.
In the past i had some random wrong pitch whistles i must of bought by mistake and found if training a dog 1-1 it still responded fine to wrong pitch whistle, could well be a different story on a busy shoot day thou
Have to admit i've never used 1 but do see odd folk with them and bizzarely often have both silent and normal whistles on there lanyard, thy do dabl in FT spaniels so possibly trained to both and u can whistle a tune on the silent and no one rally knows ur dog is disobeying u.
I'd agree with others makes no odds which pitch really and just buy a few and leave them a few likely places.
I have some hanging in kennel, back door with jackets, pick up dash and the emergency 1 in my game bag.
I mind picking up a duck flight after work 1 night so was rushing to get there, took the guns up in a different motor so forgot to take whistle, was a long night.
In the past i had some random wrong pitch whistles i must of bought by mistake and found if training a dog 1-1 it still responded fine to wrong pitch whistle, could well be a different story on a busy shoot day thou
A Guy Out West
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Acme Thunder Whistle. Mine says made in England on it.
Jim_Halpert
Member
why whistle when you can constantly scream OIIIIIIIII?
but for a spaniel, a 210.5.
but for a spaniel, a 210.5.
Norfolk Horn
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Acme 210.5 and a acme thunder. The thunder goes back to when I was wildfowling and the dog could be working along way from me in high winds. The last thing I wanted was for a duck to be disappearing on the tide and my dog following him, a good blast and the dog new which direction I was.
Had the old pi$$ took a few time when blokes see it hanging round my knock but who cares I didn't want to lose my dog to the sea.
Had the old pi$$ took a few time when blokes see it hanging round my knock but who cares I didn't want to lose my dog to the sea.
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