One of the great debates in the sport of dog agility about the Tandem Turn is which arm should be used to cue the turn. Many are advocates of the counter-arm and many more maintain that only the inside arm will do. This argument is kind of a silly thing. I figure that whatever actually works is correct.

Turning towards the handler is a dog’s natural inclination. Indeed the savvy handler will endeavor to be on the turning side of the course as much as possible to take advantage of this fact. However those clever and evil judges will intentionally trap the handler on the side away from the turn. So the dog’s trainer must teach the dog to turn away on command.

 I'm in Bozeman MT at the moment, having finished the first of four four days of seminar training. I have some fans up here... and it looks like I'm making new ones. They're a fine bunch and fun to work with.