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The whistle thing

posted 20 years ago by alika-2
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Does anybody know if that trick used to calm dogs is real or just fiction.

Does anybody know hw it works?

I think it is fascinating.

Alika

[–] BrokenPro 20 years ago

My Irish brother in law said he can do this. But I think he was winding me up.

[–] OC47150 19 years ago

When I had a paper route in my youth, I tried this trick on the dogs. Never worked.

[–] pablo-taylor 16 years ago

Incidentally; it's not Devlin who does this trick in the novel, it's one of the Grerman characters.

[–] TerryThomasPhotos 16 years ago

That trick has been used in a couple movies. It never worked on any dog I didn't know.

Terry Thomas
Character Actor and Film Unit Stills Photographer
www.TerryThomasPhotos.com

[–] ncdwbmk6 11 years ago

I figured the whistle was supposed to represent the sound of a falling bomb, so a British WWII dog might hunker down in anticipation of an explosion.

[–] edestci 11 years ago

Really, an irish dog is shown on this film ?

[–] chrissso 9 years ago

It is totally real ... but it is very hard to achieve and thus only a very few can do it. The other thing is that works on more than dogs ... it works on all animals. How do ya think he got that lovely 19 year old milk maid to peel down her knickers so quickly???

[–] morganakastevesmith 8 years ago

Of course it works, but only if you're a drunken flirtatious bare-knuckle boxing IRA Nazi Irishman.