07.18.07

Horse Best Friend Grazing Muzzle Effective

Posted in Horses for the horse crazy at 4:45 pm by petArtist Cmoses

Happy Days!! The new Best Friend grazing muzzle is working on Gilford and not making sores on his jaw!

As mentioned in Horse Put On a Diet (with video), a previous muzzle made of rigid metal (shown below) was NOT satisfactory because it was soring the horse’s face.

Here is Gil’s latest muzzle, a Best Friend brand made of rubber and nylon. This model muzzle has its own built-in halter straps which is very handy and improves the fit.

He has been wearing this Best Friend brand for two weeks, almost daily for half-days at a time and occasionally up to 8 hrs. at a time. Although it has rubbed the fur off his skin in a small area, there are no sores, rather the skin seems to have gotten callused up a little but it is not raw.

Gilford grazing with his newer Best Friend muzzle on. You can see him pawing the ground a little, which is his early frustration, but he has gotten over that.

There is a round, 1 1/4-inch diameter hole in the bottom of this muzzle to get the grass through; Gilford learned how to use it fine. I place a treat inside the muzzle each time I put it on him, so he does not try to avoid having it put on, which he was starting to do after wearing the first muzzle for a while.

Because I think this muzzle allows less grass to be eaten than Gil’s previous open metal cage muzzle, I don’t leave it on him as long as the first one. Also because it is softer and pliable, it hasn’t rubbed raw spots on him.

First muzzle tried on Gilford (used for 3-4 days only because it rubbed a sore.)