Sheepherding whistle tutorial Part 1

Learn how to use a herding whistle for dog training.

Here is where i get my whistles:

http://www.bordercollies.com/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=72&cat=Whistles

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Drummond
• Ranch
• Treibball
• Sheep
• Herding
• Training
• Dog
• Dogs
• Whistle

[PawsitivelyTraining]

Really needed to say, clickers, flash-lights, whistles etc aren't cues; they're markers. A cue is an antecedent, something that precedes the desired behaviour e.g. "sit" is a cue, the click for the dug putting his or her behind on the floor while keeping his or her front end elevated (assuming the clicker has been "tuned in" so it is a secondary reinforcer) is simply to say "yes, that's what I want and because you're doing it and you're awesome you're getting a primary reinforcer" :)

[halfmoonssky]

@PawsitivelyTraining Maybe you misunderstood, a variable pitch whistle is never used as a marker (at least not in herding or treibball), I do use marker words occasionally (not often, because markers don't work very well in herding IMHO) and clickers in treibball, so I do understand what a marker is. However, the variable pitch whistle is used to give commands when use of your voice is either not ideal or impossible. So it is a cue. Hope that clarifies the use of the whistle in herding :D.

[ksnla]

I was watching your video and Melvin kept cocking his head back and forth with his big ears standing fully erect. Too funny.

[halfmoonssky]

@ksnla melvins so cute

[ericatronic]

Star Wars! Great song

[halfmoonssky]

@ericatronic gotta love it

[PawsitivelyTraining]

@halfmoonssky My mistake, I was quoting from your video & didn't mean to include the "whistles" part.

I know variable pitch whistles are used to give cues & would be a bad choice of marker; but your comment made it sound like clickers & flash-lights are used to give cues, which (barring the overall cue of "hey, it's time to have some fun" before giving verbal/physical cues) is almost impossible :D

[readysitgo]

@Solstisol Btw, loved the video

[readysitgo]

@Solstisol Actually a lot of old school Irish/Scottish shepherds use there fingers to whistle like that. Most of us don't like using fingers while working stock because our hands are so dirty :D

[readysitgo]

@crash2052 Thanks!

[Solstisol]

Tenerife,

Spain,

Africa.

'Nice vid.

Hey, would our Spanish articulated finger-whistling (that you can see on my last couple of videos on Youtube) be as good as that whistle?

[crash2052]

Really helpful. Cheers bro!!