shouting/whistles? how do you recall?

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do you shout your dog, use his/her name or whistle?
I have noticed with the pup(elkhound/cocker) that if she gets her nose down for a smell she can be a little ignorant so considering using a dog whistle for her.

At the moment I seem to use a combination of these depending on the dog.

The greyhound if off lead I tend to wave his lead around and shout his name.

The jack russel gets a whistle or her name called, but she has seperation issues so is always sure where I am and checks in constantly.

The old girl(whippetx ebt) used to just have her name shouted, she was and still is a moocher and you can walk without ever seeing her, and I can shout a lot louder then my pathetic attempt at whistling so she was always going to hear me. She is kept on lead now due to her age.

The belgian malinois must only ever be two feet at most way from me, I either say his name or click my fingers.

If they do all go off playing. it is just a general shout of dogs come on.
 
welshcobnewbie said:
do you shout your dog, use his/her name or whistle?
I have noticed with the pup(elkhound/cocker) that if she gets her nose down for a smell she can be a little ignorant so considering using a dog whistle for her.
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You need to get her as/before the nose goes down ;) once they are off on a scent it is a lot harder.

I used to use a whistle and it is good for getting attention.
So he now gets 'come on'. "Hier/here" is a formal command so I try to use it sparingly. I try not to use his name unless I need to really grab his attention.
 
I generally whistle- one high and long, then three short and lower.

If they don't come back then, they get their names, followed by lots of short high/low altnernating whistles.

After that they get their name and usually a growl :P
 
You don't seem to have an option for 'with the power of prayer':p:D

I use a whistle (before the head goes down - otherwise Mr Ignorant Cocker comes out) and back it up in ignorant moments with my most scary voice - of course he is always rewarded for coming back, although he doesn't get the good stuff unless it's a snappy recall, if he lingers he gets a 'I should think so too, good boy' and that's his lot.;)
 
Whistles mainly but as we live in a very windy part of cumbria and we often go to the beach where they do tend to wander a good bit away looking for bunnies on the edges of the dunes so I have to use hand signals too as whistles just get blown away! For come back I put my arms out - they generally keep an eye on me anyway so may take a minute to notice me!, for turn around to go home I just stop and point in the direction I want and they turn, they're pretty good although my youngest terrier seems to like watching me dance around waving my arms!!:D
 
To add I spend a lot of time with a dog on a long line so I can physically prevent him or her from ignoring me, and feeding from my pocket when he does come back, otherwise if you are constantly calling them, they don't come back, there is no consequence, then you are just teaching them to ignore you (five, six, times?) and if you feed or praise for a lazy recall, then you are rewarding it.

And with the handfeeding, they learn that the only way to get food is from me and he still gets his dinner from my pockets some evenings. I sometimes make a fist and the dog has to come right up and touch it and get the food.

Touch wood, my young dog has been a bit stubborn in the past but he has never left my line of vision and recalls away from most distractions, unlike my older dog, who tanked off for long periods on three occassions :o because he had that grounding.

There's a nice clicker you can get (Company of Animals?) that has a whistle built in.
 
I should add that she is just 11 weeks so not " out " yet this is just
Something I have noticed while out in the garden, we do have some rats near by and they certainly cross our garden and off she goes with her silly cocker ears to the ground and her silly elkhound tail wagging
 
Ahh can't edit on my phone and I wasn't finished,

Also my little boy finds her name easy to say, so as such says it as much as possible. He is two and unfortunatly clickers and treats don't work for two year old little boys. So I. Think using her name will grow a bit teadius for her.

Trundles off to look at whistles
 
I call mine generally, which he is pretty good with. I use a whistle with reward once or twice a walk, I'm trying to get him to associate the whistle with always getting a reward so that it can become my emergency recall if/when he sods off to chase a rabbit/fox/horse/sheep (I don't let him off near sheep, but we had some escapees in our garden which caused some issues, as I didn't see them - its a big garden! :o )

He is pretty good, and if he's head down and nearby and ignoring me, I do really growl/shout at him, just to get his attention, then its all nicey nicey until he gets to me for a pat and is released again. Toys hold no interest for him out and about over a rabbit, but he goes nuts for a ball on the beach :rolleyes:
 
Elkhound x cocker? Cor, who was mum?!

Our lot are responsive to whistle (youngsters) and voice (big dog) so we use both. We try to stick to whistle if just the youngsters are out as they are semi-gundog trained. Gesture works too if they're looking at us for direction.
 
Mum was the cocker.

She came from a litter that my mum took in after their "breeder" dumped them on her.

From what everyone has said it does seem like a good idea to train her to whistle.

I will post pics of her when my laptop comes back. It is a nightmare to do on my phone.
 
I shout "come!" but my friends have made me aware that sounds a bit 50 shades of grey *blush*.

Husband whistles. They ignore him. That is because I have trained them to return when you say "come", you plank. Husband ignores me. How do I train the husband?

At least they come back now. A year ago it was a different story.
 
Well. After months trying to get my rottie to come to 'here!' We can mostly get her to come back to a long high pitched whistle. But more recently the failsafe is to shout 'what's this?!' We've been living with my mum for a bit... God only knows why that one never fails to get her attention. *sigh*
 
Generally a squealy "whats disssssssssssssssss" followed by me running in the opposite direction, or laying down in the long grass.....

I too have to watch for the signs of "can smells something super dooper interesting" as once he is off mincing (yes hes a bit gay!!) with his nose down i have no hope- generally a "this way" helps if he is wandering off too.
 
welshcobnewbie said:
do you shout your dog, use his/her name or whistle?
I have noticed with the pup(elkhound/cocker) that if she gets her nose down for a smell she can be a little ignorant so considering using a dog whistle for her.

At the moment I seem to use a combination of these depending on the dog.

The greyhound if off lead I tend to wave his lead around and shout his name.

The jack russel gets a whistle or her name called, but she has seperation issues so is always sure where I am and checks in constantly.

The old girl(whippetx ebt) used to just have her name shouted, she was and still is a moocher and you can walk without ever seeing her, and I can shout a lot louder then my pathetic attempt at whistling so she was always going to hear me. She is kept on lead now due to her age.

The belgian malinois must only ever be two feet at most way from me, I either say his name or click my fingers.

If they do all go off playing. it is just a general shout of dogs come on.
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Thanks to a slight gap between my front teeth, I have a piercing whistle which is much better than a voice call as it carries further. It works particularly well with my daughter's chiahuahuas.
 
The Kelpie is a dream to recall, so he just gets his name said once.

The terriers on the other hand...:rolleyes: - they usually get their names and if no response then a wolf whistle and 'come on, lets go' said briskly and relatively high pitched as we walk off. They generally come to that, because as great as the smells are they don't want to miss out on the action.

I'd love to see a picture of your cross - it sounds amazing! :D
 
weaselwords said:
I shout "come!" but my friends have made me aware that sounds a bit 50 shades of grey *blush*.

Husband whistles. They ignore him. That is because I have trained them to return when you say "come", you plank. Husband ignores me. How do I train the husband?

At least they come back now. A year ago it was a different story.
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