We have one helper at SchH Club that loves the whip. He's constantly whirling it around and cracking it, even when there isn't a dog on the field - he's even got a couple of handlers (including Wayne) on the legs with it by accident. :lol: I think he just likes to get all the dogs riled up because as soon as he starts cracking it, the cars in the parking lot start booming and shaking. :twisted:
He uses it for noise, and yes, does hit the dogs with the whip part sometimes, and sometimes he'll hold the whip and just use it the way a regular stick would be used; waving it over the dog and hitting the dog with the stick as opposed to the whip itself. There are a couple of dogs that have learned that if they're quick enough, though, they can grab the whip and yank it out of his hand!
This is one of them, and right after this pic was taken, he DID:

He uses it for noise, and yes, does hit the dogs with the whip part sometimes, and sometimes he'll hold the whip and just use it the way a regular stick would be used; waving it over the dog and hitting the dog with the stick as opposed to the whip itself. There are a couple of dogs that have learned that if they're quick enough, though, they can grab the whip and yank it out of his hand!
This is one of them, and right after this pic was taken, he DID:
