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She knows that when she hears the whistle, I am about to LEG IT in the other direction, and that when she catches me she ALWAYS gets the absolute best treats - chicken, garlic sausage, a game of tug....
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What dog do you have? I know it doesnt matter all that much but... I did try a whistle, and it started to work really well, i think mainly cos i used 'come' to often and reinforced it by putting her on a lead and telling her off for eating poo or small dogs
. The whistle i made sure was associated with only good things.
Now what i need to ask you. Did u put any effort into getting her interested in you running away ? Its just that if Daisy is interested in something, and i blow a whistle, she'll stop and look at me, see im running away and its almost like she thinks "Oh good, he's distracted by something in the opposite direction, ill carry on with what i was doing" and pays no attention. More often than not i find myself totally puffed out, miles away from my dog looking totally irresponsible as at the time my dog needed attention, i was running away lol.