extra whistle

[ips]

Have noted on pics vids and a few folk in the field that some have two whistles one nomal 210-5 type and a bigger son of a bitch. What's the purpose (recall presumably) and benefits and do I need one???

[Springfield Pointers]

If your dog has buggered off past the range of your normal whistle, a bigger one isn't going to make any difference to the problem you face at that particular moment.

[ips]

I totally agree, so I am right then the extra one is just a louder one and a last effort to recall if the little sod beggers off a long way ?
Cant see the point just wanted to check that there wasn't more to it than I thought, seems not.

[Springfield Pointers]

Might be. People also sometimes carry two whistles for different dogs as well.

[Naj]

There was once a trend with spaniels to use an Acme Thunderer as a stop whistle & a pea-less whistle for turn & recall but I think most use the one whistle these days - bit of a faff using two. Whatever whistle you use the dog still has to be taught to respond to it, they don't automatically do so just because it is louder.

Naj

ps. I carry 2 of the same whistles because they last longer that way, or at least they seem to do.

[Stihl 090]

Someone in the trial world recently for what ever stupid reason uses a silent whistle for normal commands, also uses a normal 210.5 for other commands.
The best way ever I should imagine to confuse a dog
As SP noted, if it don't listen to the first it ain't going to listen to the second. Perhaps those with multiple whistles have more than one dog.

[ips]

The blokes I saw with two yesterday only had one dog..

[Naj]

So, come on, who works their dogs (more than one dog) to different whistles? Sounds like a ruddy nightmare of a thing to do.

Naj

[Springfield Pointers]

So, come on, who works their dogs (more than one dog) to different whistles? Sounds like a ruddy nightmare of a thing to do.

Naj

Guilty as charged. I had a Lemon bitch (passed now) that I trained on an old black Acme whistle years back. When I moved on to the red fox whistles she just never responded to them. So I kept the Acme just for the little dear. Must be honest, now I just use one. But the Acme whistle still hangs on my hunting lanyard with the other one. So if ips saw me he'd wonder why I had two whistles:)

[Stihl 090]

The blokes I saw with two yesterday only had one dog..

Other dog may of been at home perhaps.