Maybe someone out there has the same problems that I do with this, maybe there is a solution.  I tried searching the forum, but couldn't find anything out there on this problem.

I train my dog Sadie using a dog whistle (the metal kind that are "silent").  I do this mostly because my training outings occur during the early morning, or late at night due to work schedule, and I don't want to wake the neighbors with a thundering shrill at this time.

Anyways, Saturday when it was below freezing (and other times during the "vampire" hours), I have a couple of issues with the whistle.  First, my lips stick to it.  Annoying enough problem to have, feeling like "Flick" in "A Christmas Story" (tripledogdareblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/triple-dog-dare.jpg).  But Secondly, the whistle freezes up to where it won't work - and by that I mean air will not pass through the whistle.  Annoying in the fact that the only time I need it is when the dog is ranging, and I need to recall.

I keep an older, plastic whistle on my lanyard (a bead-less one) that I have learned, by experience, never freezes, and does not stick.  However, I use the metal dog-whistle during training and whould like to continue in the field, regardless of weather.

Any suggestions on keeping metal whistles from freezing-up in cold weather?

Yeah.  The pealess on my lanyard is a Acme #635 (www.gundogsupply.com/0038black.html), but for training in morning and night, it is a bit loud, and I opt for the silent variety.  I don't particularly like going back and forth in the field.  Sadie responds to both - I initially trained with the pealess, and transitioned to the silent whistle.  Are any issues in doing so (going back and forth with different whistles? 

Thanks TB.  I think I need a whistle pocket on my vest with a hand-warmer!  Holding the whistle in my hand and carrying a gun in the field seems problematic. 

I do the same thing with Sadie (keep her in front of me), and she does well in training with staying in front of me (I call it Quartering Drills).  I also stop and wait for her to "check-in" on a regular basis.  In the field, though, she tends to range down-wind (when hunting with the wind to our backs), in cover.  I think it is something that will resolve in time - she is young, I just need the recall in these situations.  Early in the hunt she pushed a couple of birds up out of range.  She also had 12 days at Grandma and Grandpa's house, so she was wired (no real exercise besides a leashed-walk once a day).   

You know what? I was just thinking of that when I scanned out/in for lunch today, after I sent my last message (I have my badge on a retractable thingy). I might try to come up with something like that! I just don't know how you would affix it inside a pocket...