Easy breather grazing muzzle

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Anyone tried one of these? Interested in people's thoughts on this - it seems to have bigger holes over the nose to make it more comfortable/easier for the horse to breathe. I do sometimes think the traditional types they can get a bit hot because of the small opening all around, although the bigger holes might also make it easier to get out of, or caught up in?

http://countrynaturals.co.uk/product/horse-carefirst-aid/grazing-muzzle-easy-breathe/
 
I have one for my shetland. I ordered it online a few years back from america. It's still going strong and I really like the ergonomic shaped lozenge grazing hole. My only down point would be that the bucket part doesn't come up very high so out of all my muzzles he can get this one off the easiest and also because it sits lower on the nose and it can rub acros his nasal bone so I alternate between that one and the shires comfort with the fleece.
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Any chance of them eating round the edge?

F's dinky ponies muzzle fits like this, so around the nostrils
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I put it back on the other evening as someone had bitten his nose and thought it less likely to rub.

But the 'bucket' on his shires deluxe one is stiffer/more substantial and bigger so stands of his nose more anyway.
 
Bernster said:
Anyone tried one of these? Interested in people's thoughts on this - it seems to have bigger holes over the nose to make it more comfortable/easier for the horse to breathe. I do sometimes think the traditional types they can get a bit hot because of the small opening all around, although the bigger holes might also make it easier to get out of, or caught up in?

http://countrynaturals.co.uk/product/horse-carefirst-aid/grazing-muzzle-easy-breathe/
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My friend has just bought this for her pony who has a condition that makes breathing difficult at times. So far so good as far as i am aware! :)
 
I use them, have done for 3/4 years-they are the best muzzles imo (and I've used most of them) especially in wet/hot weather. The sizing is a bit odd and for the smallest pony I put baler twine on from webbing in front of nose to rings at side (doesnt rub at all) to stop him rubbing it off his nose. They dont eat round the edge IME. I mist be the only person who doesnt like Dinky muzzles though-they just dont fit my horse's heads well.
 
ester said:
Frank just steadily chewed through the bottom of his ;) hence it is emergency spare to the shires.
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The only reason the lusitano wears the dinky is to stop him removing the muzzles/fly masks/fly rugs that the other one must wear! Although I have just ordered them both new EB muzzles
 
Thanks all. I might also look at the dinky as that seems to have similar 'nose clearance'. Tempted to try one. He does have a shires and it works ok, although rubs slightly on his lower lip, but I do find them a bit closed for my liking. Helpful input from everyone, thanks, and the pics are particularly handy (it does seem to sit quite low).
 
I like the look of this two I currently use the best friend grazing muzzle with the expandable nose.

However if the easy breather is easy for them to get off then that would be no good for my pony as the reason he has the best friend is that he gets the shires ones off really easily.
 
They look good, currently use a shires bucket one, in a way I'm glad it covers his nose more as he gets sunburned, but this one might still be ok
 
Just realised I looked at these before and the hole at the bottom looks massive compared to my shires one, I do make mine a bit bigger but that looks a lot bigger
 
Hi-jacking to ask what people would recommend for us, as we've been using the Shires bucket type on, but it's rubbed under her chin...
Would any of the ones above help do you think or is it a case of trial and error?
 
Is that the deluxe or normal shires Alex? I have to cover the strap that goes from the back of the muzzle up to the throat lash bit and the throat lash bit in some fake sheepskin but otherwise no rubbing and he is super sensitive to rubs normally.

We have 4 in greenguards on the yard, they are big and clumpy and expensive and all rub worse than the shires.

Once frank had worked out how to eat with the dinkyponies one he managed to get a good chew of the webbing going so would go through them very quickly.

I too think the hole looks bigger in the easy breather, though pretty sure with the circular hole frank spins it round and gets more grass up it!
 
ester said:
Is that the deluxe or normal shires Alex? I have to cover the strap that goes from the back of the muzzle up to the throat lash bit and the throat lash bit in some fake sheepskin but otherwise no rubbing and he is super sensitive to rubs normally.

We have 4 in greenguards on the yard, they are big and clumpy and expensive and all rub worse than the shires.

Once frank had worked out how to eat with the dinkyponies one he managed to get a good chew of the webbing going so would go through them very quickly.

I too think the hole looks bigger in the easy breather, though pretty sure with the circular hole frank spins it round and gets more grass up it!
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It's the deluxe I think, she's rubbed the back of her chin on the webbing in the bucket part I think, in her attempt to eat (she is a bit slow about it :o). So I wondered if one where the webbing isn't held rigid by the plastic bucket, then it might not rub?
 
Thank you, both of those look like they could be the answer! Poor fatty Topaz she was getting a reprieve of the muzzle :D.
 
I have a Best Friends, a Dinky, a Shires and the Easy Breather one. The hole in the BF one is smaller than the Shires and the EB ones. I wouldnt use a GG ever again.
The hole in the EB one is oblong rather than round-I don't think they are less restrictive than the shires and they are more restrictive than the Dinky. The problem I have with the bucket style ones is while the Exmoors generally have wee noses, they have wedge-shaped heads so I have to go up a size in the buckets and they then rub around the jaw-plus I then have to do clever things with the straps. I bought a new Shires comfort last year and it didnt last 5 minutes but have an older one thats still going strong after several years.

They all have good and bad points-I think the BF ones are well made and less easy for clever ponies to get off than Shires as they have a clip rather than velcro. I think the EB ones are nicer for them as they are less enclosed/bulky and prefer them in hot/wet weather. The Dinky's are nice and soft but again, I tend to have to buy the XL (for a pony!) so the muzzle part comes up high, they aren't restrictive enough- and its rubbed the luso so have put a sheep-skinned noseband on it.
 
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