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For a young horse there are just too many distractions out
on the trail to try to teach them any new things there. I
have found that trying to do this makes teaching the skill
harder and takes them longer to *catch on*. Why set you or
your horse up for failure? Once they have that *skill*
firmly intact then, I'll up the difficulty level and ask
for that skill on the trail. I agree once my horse has a
pretty good knowledge of that skill then using the trail to
work on and refine it is great.

Regards,
Penny
--- Carol Stiles <cstiles@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I still think everything one does in an arena, teaching
> flexibilty, suppleness, lateral moves, jumping, etc.. can
> be done just as easily out on the trail in a more natural
> environment. But if you don't feel confident enough about
> this then by all means use an arena. It's far better to
> be in a controlled fenced in area if you're unsure about
> how your horse is going to react.
> Carol

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