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The best trained dogs you will see today.....smile



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Wow ,how good is that.



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This also comes down to how good their owner knows how to get them to work, he has the whistling down pat. I don't know what he would do, if he ever broke his jaw, like me. I couldn't whistle anymore, so my wife had to learn it, whilst we we on the farm, but she wasn't very good at it.

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I've trained three Labrador retrievers. It doesn't take much time, as long as the trainer is persistent and consistent. The Dog will do the best it can to please the owner/trainer.

 

The problem is that many owners don't understand how intelligent the dogs are and the dogs get confused when the owners aren't consistent. They treat the dogs like humans expecting the dogs to understand that only this once it's allowed to bark, get up on the couch or jump up onto someone. Then when the dog does it again it gets into trouble. That's possibly how parents end up with spoilt little brats as children. 



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Most dogs (smart ones) will train their owners to do what they want, ie. drop the ball at your feet when they want to play, or beg for food etc.

We are being taught everyday by our Kelpie, he actually herds me when I'm walking, inbred into the breed naturally............need some sheep I think. smile

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Wifes been following this for a while now.

m.youtube.com/watch

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For those who are interested.

New show starts on Sunday 7.40 ABC...........Dog Muster

 



-- Edited by Bobdown on Friday 21st of January 2022 03:07:33 PM

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I knew a grazier in mid NSW who would let the pups work with the good dogs. If the pup didn't show potential after a set period then it would 'end up in Deep Creek'. Deep Creek was the name of the creek that ran through his property.



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Bobdown wrote:

The best trained dogs you will see today.....smile

 that was cracking.

Any idea what he's using for a whistle?



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Ooops wrote:
Bobdown wrote:

The best trained dogs you will see today.....smile

 that was cracking.

Any idea what he's using for a whistle?

 Hi Ooops, yeah I was wondering about that myself, I thought dog whistles were silent sort of, maybe a cross between a duck and an AFL umpire....smilesmilesmile

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Move over Eddie, a pretty good show last night on ABC

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Yeah Craig, it was a good show, Eddie was the one who wouldn't sit still and was biting that woman from WA, I have the scars to prove it  smilesmile

 Had trouble getting this photo at about 2 months old, I might learn something from this series about black and tan Kelpies.

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Ooops wrote:
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The best trained dogs you will see today.....smile

 that was cracking.

Any idea what he's using for a whistle?

 We used to make them out of cans. We'd cut out the lid, fold it over and punch a hole through the middle with a 3" bullet head nail. We'd put that in our mouths with the fold towards the back and gently blow.  



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Buzz Lightbulb wrote:
Ooops wrote:
Bobdown wrote:

The best trained dogs you will see today.....smile

 that was cracking.

Any idea what he's using for a whistle?

 We used to make them out of cans. We'd cut out the lid, fold it over and punch a hole through the middle with a 3" bullet head nail. We'd put that in our mouths with the fold towards the back and gently blow.  

 very clever.

Were you able to get the same range & variety of tones?



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Last time we were in Scotland we went to a Border Collie farm. My wife even clipped one of the highland sheep with manual clippers. We love watching working dogs of any description. smilesmile



-- Edited by 86GTS on Wednesday 26th of January 2022 05:07:41 AM

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x3 for "Muster Dogs" - on the ABC on Sunday nights. A four part series on Kelpie pups.

However it doesn't take anything away from other well trained breeds eg the Border collie, Labrador, etc.

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The full four episodes of 'Muster Dogs' is on ABC iview. Very good it is too.

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Ooops wrote:
Buzz Lightbulb wrote:
Ooops wrote:
Bobdown wrote:

The best trained dogs you will see today.....smile

 that was cracking.

Any idea what he's using for a whistle?

 We used to make them out of cans. We'd cut out the lid, fold it over and punch a hole through the middle with a 3" bullet head nail. We'd put that in our mouths with the fold towards the back and gently blow.  

 very clever.

Were you able to get the same range & variety of tones?

It was decades ago now but she seem to remember it sounded very similar to the fellow in the video. The tone changed depending on how hard one blew into the tin whistle.

 

We also used them to mimic the sound of wounded rabbits to attract foxes. 

 

 



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Dougwe wrote:

The full four episodes of 'Muster Dogs' is on ABC iview. Very good it is too.

 Thanks for the tip Doug, I thought it was only the one show............excellent.



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The well named " " with the crazy eyes is a handful last night.

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Well done Annie and all the rest

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