> 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.
 
> This message got lost in the shuffle...
 
> 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.
 
 
Well I first put her in the head set I wanted and just used the riens tied 
back through the saddle rings while I ground worked her..
 
I dug out an old set of Side pulls that I'm using only as I need to. More 
then anything else.. I've got to find a bit she likes. So I"m going to be 
playing musical bits this weekend since I won't have any time for it next 
week.
 
CJ got a 50 minute trot tonight while I was riding with a friend.. we were 
gabbing away about his calvary days in Germany just after the war..  It was 
such a nice ride.. pleasant but warm day and I had CJ in a slow jog to keep 
her in pace with this fellows TB...  I was so involved with the ride that 
after enough time went by.. CJ decided to spook to get my attention (Well it 
was the 4th and plenty of firecrackers were going off)..  realized how long 
we'd been riding and the spook kinda got her ouchy.. so we quite. Longest 
ride I'd been on her in a long time.. and she did work up a lather.
 
Tush got saddled after dark.. lots of fireworks.. took her into the small pen 
before hand since she was a tad high...  did a very light ride with a friend 
looking at a three year old.. Tush was fine with the fireworks, chuckle.. she 
was more interested in the 3 year old gelding.. he's kind of a cutey. ;)
 
My daughter the slut! ;)
 
 
                                BK
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