Question re gundog whistles

[Lab_adore]

We bought the recommended gundog whistles (two, one each) that are in the Total Recall book. We bought the exact pitch that Pippa recommended. They were nearly $50 delivered so not cheap but I'm worried we've been sold a dud. They hardly make a sound! So is it a pitch thing that the dog can hear but not so much the human? I just can't imagine he will ever hear it from 100m or something

 

[snowbunny]

We, no, the Acme whistles are pretty loud, you should definitely be able to hear them.

 

[Atemas]

Think you should complain - we have 3 - 2 of them are loud - the 3rd not so loud but keep it as a spare.

 

[Lab_adore]

Thanks...I think we were put off by the instruction in the book 'gently blow pip pip pip pip pip'. So we were very tentative. They are acme brand and tonight we put our back into it a bit more and they were louder so it's all a learning experience

 

[Boogie]

Wow, that’s expensive! Ours are 211.5 and cost about £6

It would be much cheaper for me to buy you a couple and post them over, if you’d like?

.

 

[edzbird]

$50! Crikey that's a dear do. I have one in every pocket - at £6 a pop - or should that be a pip

 

[SwampDonkey]

$50! Crikey that's a dear do. I have one in every pocket - at £6 a pop - or should that be a pip

Grown!

 

[MellowYellow]

That is terribly expensive - they are a dime a dozen normally. Well, almost. You'd be better off buying them off amazon.co.uk and paying for the delivery.

 

[Beanwood]

WOW! That is expensive!

I can look back at videos and find one where I am using the recall whistle if you like to compare

 

[Jacqui-S]

This is what I have. £5.59 and free delivery (to UK)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Acme-dog-w...797533&sr=8-4&keywords=acme+dog+whistle+211.5

After I "spoiled" my recall I started again with the 210.5 whistle, it is lower pitched, I didn't like it so much. You could easily hear both.

Acme also do silent whistles. This one on Amazon says its a 535. I have one which is metal/black plastic but looks the same shape.

 

[Selina27]

Grown!

What?

 

[Natalie]

I didn't buy an acme one, just a cheap ebay version, couple of pounds at most, i bough t 2 or 3. Works perfectly well as long as you don't blow too gently. It even worked when monts got hold of it and covered it in teeth marks ?

 

[Jacqui-S]

What?

Think swampy mis-spelled "Groan" - may be wrong, but that's what I read it as!

 

[Selina27]

Think swampy mis-spelled "Groan" - may be wrong, but that's what I read it as!

Okey doke.

 

[SwampDonkey]

She probably did cos she's a d**k

 

[Charlie]

David and I use Acme 211.5 from Amazon for around £6.00. My dogs have no problem whatsoever hearing that pitch. Don't forget a dogs hearing is far more acute than ours.

Really sorry you had to pay so much Any one of us would have bought and sent them to you. Remember to ask in future it's not a problem x

 

[Lab_adore]

Crikey! Oh well, learning experience! We looked on heaps of websites and that was the cheapest we could find. Thanks so much for all of your helpful advice. If we decide to get some more I'll be in touch for sure!

I will have lots of questions about recall, so thanks in advance for your help with that too

 

[Xena Dog Princess]

It's the same in NZ. And it's not any cheaper from ebay etc because of international shipping costs. Antipodes Tax, eh.