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Whistle training

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  • #32
    Spunk84
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,656 ✭✭✭Spunk84


    I would stop with the long lead and doing whistles every hour man,there's a dog collar for a 150 on adverts.ie which I'd say u would get for 100-130 if u go for it now..

    As E-Pointer has mentioned before and myself you will see a difference quickly. I did it with my dog, like yourself he would run off. Put the collar on the dog and let him run,blasted whistle twice and he didn't listen, so shocked him,he ran back to me. Repeated process again,he ran I called him once and he turned and looked back, of course he ran and of course I whistled again with a shock.....again dog ran back.give him a pet and that was it. I only had to give a whistle from then on and he stopped in his tracks to see "what I wanted" not what he wanted if you catch what I'm saying.

    Also I have the Sportsdog 800m bought on eBay for little over a 100e with a lifetime warranty, great piece of hardware.


  • #33
    eoinburke67
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 59 ✭✭eoinburke67


    If it was up to me I would have bought the 350m range collar today, but it's a family dog which means family decisions (ironically dad never involved anyone when he picked the breed). I'm fairly hopfull we will get the collar and if so I'll be looking forward to having one of the few reliable off lead beagles in the county but judging from other posts on boards there is a few here, also looking forward to a walk through the woods with the friends dogs. In the long run it will lead to a better life for the dog. Thanks again to all :)


  • #34
    irish setter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 282 ✭✭irish setter


    eoinburke67 wrote: »
    so your method would be to put a lead on the dog and whistle and pull? I have done this and it works great in the garden but its when i take her out and introduce a new environment like a wood at the back of my house a long lead gets tangled everywhere and makes it impossible to train. Personally i dont want to put the e collar on the dog but obviously i havent been doing it right and now time is against me to get recall better should she get out with lambing season coming. the pops is coming home on friday and we are going to have a chat where to go with the collar.
    been working with the whistle all day going out every hour and doing it 3-5 times with treats (not nuts now) with out fail, geting a pack of cocktail sausages when we go shopping next. once i get the sausages im going to try the forest again, but im going to have to come up with some sort of way to stop the crap with the rope if i dont get the collar. During the summer i trainer her on a rope in a local farmers field but its filled with sheep atm so the wood is the only way to introduce distractions and control her

    no i don't use any lead or rope or anything else when training at any stage. i just get em young enough. you don't have that on your side so maybe a collar would suit


  • #35
    eoinburke67
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 59 ✭✭eoinburke67


    Had a chat with the family and not everyone is agreeable to the collar so its out the window, maybe in a while ill be able to talk them into it. Its back to the rope maybe washing line wire later on. So a couple tips on the rope would be great, i know some were pointed out earlier but a couple more peoples opinions would be nice. A time line in the stages would be handy but i know every dog is different.


  • #36
    EPointer=Birdss
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,070 ✭✭✭EPointer=Birdss


    eoinburke67 wrote: »
    Had a chat with the family and not everyone is agreeable to the collar so its out the window, maybe in a while ill be able to talk them into it. Its back to the rope maybe washing line wire later on. So a couple tips on the rope would be great, i know some were pointed out earlier but a couple more peoples opinions would be nice. A time line in the stages would be handy but i know every dog is different.

    You see if you had a collar you could put it on the family to stop that kinda back chat! :D

    That would frustrate the hell out of me TBH. I would argue where was all the input when the dog was picking up the bad habits. :rolleyes:

    Good Luck all the same


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  • #37
    eoinburke67
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 59 ✭✭eoinburke67


    You see if you had a collar you could put it on the family to stop that kinda back chat! :D

    That would frustrate the hell out of me TBH. I would argue where was all the input when the dog was picking up the bad habits. :rolleyes:

    Good Luck all the same[/Quote]
    Never had any help raising the dog! All her falts are my own creation. But at the same time how's a 14yr old to raise a pup with no help other then YouTube, didnt even have the option of getting the training started in the early days 3 mts old when I first got her, but loving every day training her just wish I could walk her off lead would be nice to have such trust. Thanks


  • #38
    EPointer=Birdss
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,070 ✭✭✭EPointer=Birdss


    eoinburke67 wrote: »
    You see if you had a collar you could put it on the family to stop that kinda back chat! :D

    That would frustrate the hell out of me TBH. I would argue where was all the input when the dog was picking up the bad habits. :rolleyes:

    Good Luck all the same
    Never had any help raising the dog! All her falts are my own creation. But at the same time how's a 14yr old to raise a pup with no help other then YouTube, didnt even have the option of getting the training started in the early days 3 mts old when I first got her, but loving every day training her just wish I could walk her off lead would be nice to have such trust. Thanks[/QUOTE]

    Ah i hear you & fair play. You have to do things to learn things afterall. I was no dog whisperer at 14 :o.
    The obvious solution is there at arms length & the people that have used them so in a place to comment will & have given testiment to their benefits. Get the family on Boards & we have a chat. ;)


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