Duncan
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WhistleI have only two blasts for Baloo at the mo ..a long sustained one to go down and two short blasts to to get him back...?
I was wondering what combinations other people use without making things to complicated..?
Duncan
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guy
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to come back - pip pip pip
to stop - trailing off peep (as in the film 'straw dogs') sometimes reinforced by hand signal. Tongue closes off mouth piece or lip slides over sound hole of whistle.
to change direction - pip pip
when sat , to get on - pip (accompanied by direction signal)
i would like to add a 'hunt there', 'turn left' . 'turn right' to that repertoire, possibly with a different whistle .
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johnhod
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I use 1 long blast to stop, 2 short blasts to recall and 1 short blast to turn, when hunting. I think I'd get confused with too many more.
being easily confused, even with one whistle, I need to work on the KISS principle.
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Victoria
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You kiss your dog????!!!!!!
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Duncan
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WhistleThanks for you Ideas i will bare them in mind ..but all good info thank you
I dont want to confuse him or me just yet so i am starting off simple at the mo..!
Duncan
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guy
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keep it simple. stop first then recall.
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johnhod
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KISS
Keep it simple stupid
so that even I can understand it
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Annie as admin
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2 pips(beeps) to turn, long one to stop exactly where you are and right now with the policeman hand like Guy, short one to sit if within 10 yards, 3 pips or more depending on urgency to come back. That's what I was told by a gundog trainer when I first started whistling them.
Annie
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Victoria
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I believe your recall whistle should be the big one; it is the important one(in my opinion  ! At a QC trial (our version sort of like your TAN) there was a girl with a Wire; her recall whistle was a little insignificant whistle but her quartering whistle was strong; wrong way round I would have thought. So when her dog was a fair distance away (they held the trial in a choumoulier field and you can imagine the din that caused) the dog did not respond...little wonder...a big quartering whistle is a waste of a whistle, yes??!!
Whilst bird scaring today on the vineyard, I overheard the neighbouring farmer shifting some ewes with his 'Jess' he used no whistle on her at all it was all vocals 'left Jess' 'come up Jess' 'sit Jess' and so on.
Reading in the December issue of the Field there is discussion on too much whistle being used at field trials.
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