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Victoria

As a follow on from Guy's post in his training diary, I can only agree with John regarding a wrist whistle...being right handed it would be natural to wear it on the right wrist...I can see how it would be a real bother in the rough.
I have changed my whistle from the 211.5 to a deeper toned whistle and it seems to be engendering a better response!
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Des O'Neile · Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 8:23 pm Post subject:

I haven't read the post mentioned above but how you wear your whistle is really decided by practical factors. There is no reason why somebody with one dog who only ever handles their dog and doesn't do anything else shouldn't be able to use a wrist lanyard but onece you start doing useful things like carrying a gun, or a game carrier or even lead another dog it is hard to see an alternative more practical than the neck lanyard.

Victoria · Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 7:34 am Post subject:

I agree, Des...our rough is rough and the last thing you would need is a wrist whistle, what with the gun, etc.
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Victoria · Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 8:57 am Post subject:

The new whistle is a Roy's Commander...you almost need ear plugs to use it...but it works!!
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Des O'Neile · Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 4:25 pm Post subject:

Don't attribute that much to the actual whistle. Quite often when people decide they have a control problem they change their whistle and think it's all down to what they blow. Unless thay have breathing problems like asthma which affect their ability to blow some whistles the improved response from the dog is much more likely to be because they have worked at the job and the dog is now on their wavelength rather than what whistle they actually peep.