Video: Whistle Recall Practice at the Park

[Mag-Pie]

Here is a casual video of Luther at the Park. After a few months of off leash training he now has a pretty solid recall, and will respond to verbal command, however I like to whistle (in conjunction with using hand signal sometimes) for long distance recall, and he responds to it very well. I started whistling to get his attention because I didn't want to be one of them people yelling out in public for their dog to come while their dog blows them off, lol. I use two different whistle sounds, one is like "Hey Luther!", and the other is "come". So far he's never ignored my whistle. Cheers!

[video=youtube;qmerYZlJgz0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmerYZlJgz0[/video]

 

[Hector]

Hey, that was great!

One question. I noticed a couple of times that he came but flew by you and never really coming back to you where you could grab a hold of him if you needed. How do you differentiate between that and a recall that means come all the way to you?

 

[Siloh]

Very cool! I'd like to train Ham to recall for a whistle (except I can't whistle and will buy one).

Haha... Hector... "Two pips!"

 

[Hector]

Very cool! I'd like to train Ham to recall for a whistle (except I can't whistle and will buy one).

Haha... Hector... "Two pips!"

Ahahaha!

 

[Smokeycat]

I use a whistle as a recall more than I use verbal commands. The wind here carries voices away but doesn't seem to affect whistles as badly. I unintentionally trained each dog to his own whistle.

 

[Mag-Pie]

One question. I noticed a couple of times that he came but flew by you and never really coming back to you where you could grab a hold of him if you needed. How do you differentiate between that and a recall that means come all the way to you?

When I want him to come and stay by me, as soon as he comes I will stand still and give him a hand command to "sit". I've also started working on "front" command, and "finish". This was more for him to run around, but still check back with me. Ideally one day, Luther will be able to do what the dog in this video is trained to do. We still need more practice, practice, practice.

[video=youtube;uK4Jdaa6TUM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK4Jdaa6TUM[/video]

 

[Mag-Pie]

Very cool! I'd like to train Ham to recall for a whistle (except I can't whistle and will buy one).

Thanks Siloh! I was thinking of buying a whistle also, but never got around to it, lol.

 

[Mag-Pie]

I use a whistle as a recall more than I use verbal commands. The wind here carries voices away but doesn't seem to affect whistles as badly. I unintentionally trained each dog to his own whistle.

In working on recall from a distance I definitely prefer using a whistle over verbal command. And quickly responding to a whistle came naturally to Luther, I didn't really have to train him. One day when I was working on his "come" from a long distance I whistled and that got his attention instantly, whereas before sometimes I'd have to repeat "come" a couple of times, so that's how I started. That's awesome that each of your dogs responds to his own whistle, and that it was unintentional, smart dogs.

 

[Hector]

When I want him to come and stay by me, as soon as he comes I will stand still and give him a hand command to "sit". I've also started working on "front" command, and "finish". This was more for him to run around, but still check back with me. Ideally one day, Luther will be able to do what the dog in this video is trained to do. We still need more practice, practice, practice.

[video=youtube;uK4Jdaa6TUM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK4Jdaa6TUM[/video]

I'm sure you and Luther can do it. Front is not really that hard to train, well depending on the dog lol.

 

[Mag-Pie]

Thanks for the vote of confidence Hector! Luther is doing pretty good with getting the "front" down, it's just the "finish" that needs most practice, lol.