BK :>Not at all.. if you develope good habits now.. you won't
BK :>have to have the battle later on. Besides.. you know how
BK :>soft I am on the kids.. using one for 10-15 minutes gently
BK :>is not going to hurt anything. She "kinda" knows already
BK :>since I usually set her head ahead of time.. but there's to
BK :>many things to worry about to set the head by hand right
BK :>now.
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How tight do you tie her down?  I'm not familiar with the use of a martingale 
for training Western horses.  What I've seen at shows, they usually tie them 
pretty tight.
Meg  
 
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