Is it better to use whistles or call the dog's name when i am training my JRT mix?

Question

will my dog forget his name if i use the whistles?

Answer 1

I personally would use there name it all depends on how u say there name when ur either playing with them and correcting them the "deeper" voice is what I use for my three pits when they have done something they wrong they know the difference then when I'm playing with them.  a name is more personal and they know when u say there name ur talking to them not another animal. As far asa whistle goes I personally never used one my dogs listen better to there name and know when I mean business. Every dog is different tho. And its all how YOU want to train them.

Answer 2

I would actually use both. Create a special whistle for your dog that it can recognize, but also use its name. My dog has both, but after a while I found she got a little to used to hearing her name, and used her "selective hearing" to choose when to obey. The whistle still works well though because it means only one specific thing. But names are more personal and they still have to know to come with a name as well.  

Answer 3

HI sbc,

Use both the name and whistle My Friend. He or she will learn faster in my opinion.

Your Friend,

poppy1