Best Friend Standard Grazing Muzzle (Mini, Black)

He has not been able to rub it off and can stay out all day. We recently moved and I was concerned with the increase of grass possibly leading to weight gain or founder.

I got this muzzle a few weeks ago. The opening for grass is very small, but I was ok with that. The first thing I noticed was that the muzzle is very heavy. It pulled down quite a bit on the halter and I don't think is comfortable for my horse. Also, it's not very adjustable. You can pretty much just hook it up to the halter, and hope you have an adjustable halter. Because of this, the muzzle sits a little bit lower than I'd like. My horse has a hard time breathing with it on. I can hear the difference in how he breathes with it on, and with it off. Not such a great thing with the awful heat, and running with his buddies. Last thing, and probably the worst, is its rubbing him. It's rubbed the hair off of him in several places. I had to remove it and put medicine on it. This may be a good muzzle if used for about 5 or less hours a day. My horse wears it during the day, and off at night. I had a tough one easy breath muzzle before. I loved everything about it (everything that was bad about this muzzle, was perfect with the other one), except that my horse broke it. The one thing better about this muzzle is that it's sturdier. Going to have to find a different muzzle I think...

I bought two of these grazing muzzles for our neighbors' minis, and am extremely pleased so far with the durability and the secureness of them. Much to the minis' dismay, these muzzles can't be rubbed or pried off, and good luck trying to gnaw their way thru them! Doesn't seem to be uncomfortable for them( just annoying!) as I don't find any wear marks on their faces. A real winner!

I bought a cob size muzzle for our 13 hh Quarter Pony. He wears a pony bridle and cob halter. The cob size muzzle wouldn't even fit over his mouth let alone give him room to open his mouth to eat. We easily returned the muzzle for a horse size the horse size fits him well. The muzzle easily attaches to his breakaway halter. He has not managed to pull it off or get it caught on anything. He has not come in with any rubs. Last year, he chewed through the hole enough to double size the hole by the end of the season. So, I went with the separate basket to make replacement easier in the future as needed.

I decided to use this with a leather halter instead of the all-in-one last summer and it was alright but not great. It didn't really fit well on my halter and I had to put electrical tape to keep the velcro attached after about 2 weeks of my horse wearing it on night turnout. Although you may have to replace the all-in-one if your horse breaks it, it definitely is worth the extra money for a better fit.