MUZZLE GRAZING COB BLK

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 have 2 Paso Finos that are overweight (mother and son) and both are very creative at getting things off of their face that they don't like. They have given these muzzles a real workout...rubbing on trees, trying to pull off using lip of watering trough....you name it they have tried it all......so far......muzzles still on!

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 had to muzzle to insulin resistant horses this spring because our grass was so lush this year. One pony never could figure out how to eat through the muzzle, but at least she was out with her friends, and in the sun. My Friesian mare figured out how to eat through the little hole, so the muzzle worked great. Both muzzles stayed on, inspite of the ponies dramatic attempts to rub it off. Of course...with any such equipment, use caution regarding the horse getting caught on things...safety halters are a good idea. .