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Dog whistle question

  • 28-02-2016 4:48pm
    #1
    edbrez
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 214 ✭✭


    What's the different between a silent one and one a human can hear? Which is better?


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  • #2
    Cherry Blossom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,973 ✭✭✭Cherry Blossom


    The 'silent' one is not silent at all. I bought a few and they have a part that screws in and out. I wore them around my neck and the part that u nscrews would unscrew by itself and fall to the ground never to be seen again and the whistle is then useless. After losing a few I bought the plastic not-silent ones and my terrier never reacted any differently.


  • #3
    tk123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,062 ✭✭✭✭tk123


    I prefer the one I can hear... because I can hear it lol! :D I did have a silent one years ago but was always messing around 'tuning' it trying to get him to hear it - in hindsight at the time I didn't know how to use the bloody thing and how to condition the dog to a whistle lol!! It also makes you and the dog(s) look good to passers by if you blow a whistle everyone can hear and your dog comes running - especially if they're anyway nervous of dogs ;) A couple of years ago I had Bailey out in a field in a park we walk in, there was a girl walking who started screaming and waving her arms and wasn't happy to have Bailey anyway near her (she had down syndrome).. he was a fair bit away from her and had no interest in her but I was able to blow the whistle and he came running to my side so they could see I was under control and he wasn't any threat - the girl calmed down immediately and was much happier.


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