I copuldn't help but giggle this morning - Soli isn't too keen on coming in from the garden when I ask her to, something to do with lots of space to do zoomies in and things to sniff.  Normally she stops, and just looks at me like I'm an idiot, from too far away for me to do anything about it :rolleyes:

I started doing some work on her recall the other day, just the first step of making two pips on my whistle = wonderful food, did a bit with her and the others in the garden to so she could get the idea (they come running and she follows).

Well, she was staring at me like I was something awful washed up on a beach this morning - until I blew that whistle :) she absolutely hurtled to me, almost belly to the ground to go as fast as she could to get a precious bit of hot dog :D

Bodes well for her off-lead walking future I'd say!  I'm so proud

well done you!

well done her, I've hardly put any work in!!

Well done both of you!! :-)

Well done, she is definitely going to be your whistle dog :-D mine have always trained to a whistle it is quite amazing how quickly they love the sound of the whistle and understand the commands, it gets a sudden response. Much better than the world and his wife all hearing you shouting your dogs name across a field. I find it much easier for a dog to work out a direction too.

Keep it up! :-)

Great work, sounds a promising start indeed, Nikita :)

Lindsay
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I think it helps with mine as I tend to waffle a lot to the dogs - so my voice becomes background noise to some extent :D

Also very useful in winter as I lose my voice completely at least once a year!

:-D If there was ever a good reason for a whistle! :-D