{"id":1192,"date":"2016-07-11T14:32:56","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T19:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/puptownhouston.com\/collegestation\/pros-cons-dog-whistle-training\/"},"modified":"2022-01-10T19:36:47","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T19:36:47","slug":"pros-cons-dog-whistle-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/puptownhouston.com\/collegestation\/pros-cons-dog-whistle-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Pros and Cons of Dog Whistle Training"},"content":{"rendered":"

Loacted in The Woodlands, Texas, Puptown Houston<\/a> offers positive reinforcement training for dogs of all ages.\u00a0 My teaching dogs to associate praise and correction with certain behaviors, these top-notch professional dog trainers understand that there is only 1.3 second window for a pup to understand desirable versus undesirable behaviors.\u00a0\u00a0 These trainers offer group classes, private training, and even doggy \u201cday camp\u201d to teach your puppy or dog how to be a well-mannered caning citizen.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 With the owner\u2019s permission, they will even take your dog out to a variety of real-life places to interact with other people, situations, and animals to prepare dogs for the many situations they will find themselves in over the course of their lifetimes.\"Woodlands<\/p>\n

These Woodlands puppy\u00a0training specialists<\/strong><\/em><\/a> use positive reinforcement methods such as food\/treat-based training but another long-used method of training pooches is with a dog whistle.\u00a0 Dog whistles are certainly nothing new as they have been used going back to shepherding and early agricultural times.\u00a0 Some rural areas of Europe still rely on a complex whistling language to make sure their dogs can perform complex herding maneuvers.\u00a0 This whistles are too high-pitched for humans to hear but they are unmistakable to dogs.<\/p>\n

Dog Whistle Training<\/h2>\n

Like treats, a whistle can serve as a Pavlovian enforcer for good or bad behavior.\u00a0 You can even customize whistle commands into a language that only you and your dog can understand.\u00a0 This goes back to the whistle being a means of communication between you and your pup.\u00a0 Whistles are very useful for command training in their effectiveness for conditioning behavior plus dogs can hear your commands from far away.\u00a0 When developing this \u201clanguage\u201d with your dog, it means your pooch will react only to your whistle.\u00a0 Whistles can be combined with hand signals and verbal cues to create an even more intricate and customized language.<\/p>\n

Whistles are more effective in a variety of weather conditions than a person\u2019s voice.\u00a0 This holds especially true for heavy cover, rainy conditions, and during intense winds.\u00a0 Whistle tones are more consistent than a voice plus can be used by the entire family to avoid creating confusion for your dog.\u00a0 This is directly related to the consistency feature of whistles.\u00a0 Since the whistle is so high-pitched, it can be recognized by dogs who have begun to develop hearing problems and\/or are in very noisy and distracting environments.\u00a0 Finally, whistles are a great option when an owner has \u201cpoisoned a cue\u201d, meaning a dog associates unpleasant things with a cue or command.\u00a0 Even if you think you are not demonstrating unhappiness with your dog\u2019s behavior, your pup might \u201csee\u201d things differently.<\/p>\n

Your dog picks up on much more than the sound of your voice; they interpret body language, scents, and sounds.\u00a0 You must remain consistent in your training and be mindful of everything about your demeanor as your dog cannot read your mind but can take even the slightest change of tone as a punishment when you are trying to compliment.\u00a0 Poisoned commands can be recuperated, but it takes a tremendous amount of work.<\/p>\n

Whistle Training Effectiveness<\/h2>\n

Whistle training<\/a> does have its cons, primarily that you must have the whistle with you at all times and it must be a conditioned reinforce in order to be effective.\u00a0 The effectiveness truly depends on the dog.\u00a0 While people have different ways of learning more effectively, so do dogs.\u00a0 One breed might take to whistle training beautifully while others have a tougher time with it.\u00a0 And since all silent whistles are not the same (quality can vary dramatically) they might not be optimally tuned to the hearing range of a particular dog.<\/p>\n

Whistles might have adverse effects on a dog, even to the point of causing fear.\u00a0 If the whistle is too high-pitched, this can be very unpleasant to your dog, even to the point of being painful.\u00a0 With whistle training a person must use the whistle in moderation and combined with a reward system for positive reinforcement.\u00a0 A whistle can be very useful for distance command training or in shepherding\/agricultural applications but otherwise, using them for training is a very fine balance.\u00a0 It is for this reason that clickers have become a much more commonplace training tool as they have many of the pros and none of the cone of whistle training.<\/p>\n

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Loacted in The Woodlands, Texas, Puptown Houston offers positive reinforcement training for dogs of all ages.\u00a0 My teaching dogs to associate praise and correction with certain behaviors, these top-notch professional dog trainers understand that there is only 1.3 second window for a pup to understand desirable versus undesirable behaviors.\u00a0\u00a0 These trainers offer group classes, private […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[19,20,28,29,23,33],"class_list":["post-1192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dog-training","tag-dog-trainer-woodlands","tag-dog-training-woodlands-tx","tag-puppy-trainer-woodlands","tag-puppy-training-woodlands-tx","tag-woodlands-dog-training","tag-woodlands-puppy-training"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/puptownhouston.com\/collegestation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/puptownhouston.com\/collegestation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/puptownhouston.com\/collegestation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/puptownhouston.com\/collegestation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/puptownhouston.com\/collegestation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/puptownhouston.com\/collegestation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1192\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/puptownhouston.com\/collegestation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/puptownhouston.com\/collegestation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/puptownhouston.com\/collegestation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}