Hello all!!!
I met a whistle player on an irish forum and she sent me the link to pop over here!! I have been daft at reading music for several years until the other day!!! I learned Frere Jacques, London Bridge, Twinkle Twinkle and Jingle Bells!!! Wow that is a feat for me. Guess I just never knew what exactly I should be playing. Still finding the fingering a tad hard to maneuver but … 
PS, are all dogs critics??? (he howls!!! hehe)
No, not all.
Some are retrievers, shepherds, police dogs, bird hunting dogs, etc.
Welcome!
It’s not criticism…it’s this primordial canine group howl feature that most dogs come equipped with. He just thinks your tooting is an enterprise worth joining in.
Failte, a chara!
(no fada keys here, alas!)
Mac tire rua
hehe Maith thu!!! 
(guess who?? @Redwolf!!!)
My dog doesn’t howl when I play… she races around the house without touching the floor (ie, on the furniture.)
I hate to say it, but one of the few benefits of my dog’s having gone deaf is he no longer howls when I play. I realize it’s a companionable, rally-the-pack sort of thing, but it used to send shivers up my spine!
One of the sweet things, however, is the fact that he seems to be able to hear SOMETHING of the whistle when I play, and it comforts him. When he’s restless, I can often get out a whistle and play a little and he’ll give a big sigh and settle down. I guess what little he can hear these days says “Mom’s here and all’s right with the world.”
My cats are a different story. My old cat, Khani, who passed away a couple of years ago, loved anything to do with music. When I’d play, she’d come sit on my shoulder and purr. Our young cat, Jonah, mostly ignores the whistle…with one exception. When he was a kitten, I once hit a high B on one of my more screechy whistles while attempting to show my husband that I actually CAN play the Londonderry Air (I just don’t like it much), and the poor cat went into hiding for hours! Now, when he’s being naughty, all I have to do is say "Jonah, if you don’t behave, mommy might have to play “Danny Boy,” and all of a sudden he’s good as gold! Funny thing is, the high Bs don’t really bother him anymore…he just has it stuck in his head that “Danny Boy” is evil (which, when I think about it, isn’t too far off base!)
Redwolf