This article first appeared in EQUUS issue #440. For safety, however, use leather pieces that will break if the horse gets entangled.įinally, just in case, wrap a piece of brightly colored tape on the muzzle so it will be easier to spot if it ends up lying in the pasture. Safe and comfortable Best Friend Grazing Muzzles are recommended by equine health professionals to prevent as well as treat Laminitis founder and obesity. Attaching a browband and throatlatch from a bridle to the muzzle’s headstall will foil most attempts to remove it. If you’ve got a Houdini horse who manages to work off even a well-fitting muzzle, you may want to reinforce it. Fit the muzzle’s headstall as you would a halter or bridle, then make sure the “basket” portion rests well above the horse’s nostrils. Buy online, get convenient delivery to your. On the other hand, if the muzzle is too large, the horse will be able to get out of it easily. Get your Tough-1 Large Horse Easy Breathe Poly/Nylon V Grazing Muzzle - 52-936LH-0-0 at Blains Farm & Fleet. The innovative GreenGuard Horse Grazing Muzzle is perfect for horses that need extra help reducing their food intake. Using a grazing muzzle may enable your horse to. Horse muzzles are also effective if you have a founder prone horse or pony. Contact points can be padded with fleece or moleskin, but a muzzle that is too small will be uncomfortable to the horse, giving him extra incentive to pull it off. Horses are trickle feeders, which means theyve evolved to spend approximately 1618 hours eating every day. If your horse is weight-challenged and has a tendency to overgraze, a horse grazing muzzle is a must Grazing muzzles are a humane way to help limit your horse's intake, while allowing them to still graze. There are a few ways, however, that you can help muzzles stay on.įirst, make sure the muzzle fits.
Some are very adept at removing the headgear, rubbing masks off on fence posts and even enlisting the help of pasturemates in games of “tug-of-war” that end in broken straps. The grazing muzzle can be the difference between allowing a horse or pony turnout and exercise or keeping them in a stable 24/7 during the summer months.
Horses who wear muzzles, however, can’t appreciate these benefits. Because they limit a horse’s grass consumption while allowing him the benefits of turnout, grazing muzzles are one of the most effective tools a horse owner has for preventing laminitis, especially during the spring. The newest addition to the Best Friend line of Muzzles for restricting a horses diet.
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