Grazing muzzle rubbing?

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A quick question... my lad needs to go out overnight (usually on either starvation patch with soaked hay or stabled with hay during day) in a muzzle. I have a Shires one but it has started to rub under his jaw. Any suggestions as to how to stop this?

I'm sure I've seen people mention they have lined theirs with, say, sheepskin - presumably you sew this on? All ideas gratefully received, thanks :)
 
My greenguard muzzle rubs my mare I've sewn sheepskin into it. I used a Halfords car polishing mitt, split in two and used the other half to make sleeves for the headcollar, not that much skill needed (luckily!)
 
i'd watch leaving your horse in a stable with a muzzel incase the horse gets caught you could use small mesh haynets and double them, my old horse was a nightmare but didn't have it on long enough to rub!! lasted about ten minutes people on my yard sew sheepskin on to prevent rubbing and it seems to work well :) good luck
 
michaelequine said:
i'd watch leaving your horse in a stable with a muzzel incase the horse gets caught you could use small mesh haynets and double them, my old horse was a nightmare but didn't have it on long enough to rub!! lasted about ten minutes people on my yard sew sheepskin on to prevent rubbing and it seems to work well :) good luck
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Where did I say I was muzzling him in the stable? I said he was stabled or on starvation patch during the day and needed to be muzzled when turned out overnight. Thanks though, I understand what you're saying :)

I don't really want to stable him at all as he hates it but he's having to come in for a few hours each day ATM to give his legs a rest from this awful hard ground. When he's in he gets soaked hay and TBH he actually eats a net quicker than if I just put it on the floor in the stable - if I give him a net he seems to view it as a challenge and eats frantically whereas if he has it on the floor, he will pick at it and take far longer to eat. On the starvation patch (which he'll go back onto once the ground is softer), he has some grass to pick at and lots of soaked hay. Currently he's in from about 9am to 3pm-ish (unmuzzled), on starvation patch til about 8pm (unmuzzled), then on his normal field with friends from 8pm til 9am. It is this last period he needs to be muzzled during. Thankfully our grass isn't great but given he only has to think about eating to put weight on, it is safer for him to be muzzled when out on the main field.
 
chestnut cob said:
A quick question... my lad needs to go out overnight (usually on either starvation patch with soaked hay or stabled with hay during day) in a muzzle. I have a Shires one but it has started to rub under his jaw. Any suggestions as to how to stop this?

I'm sure I've seen people mention they have lined theirs with, say, sheepskin - presumably you sew this on? All ideas gratefully received, thanks :)
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Buy a sheepskin noseband and cut in half lengthways, put half round the inside of the muzzle where it is rubbing and attach with spur straps (buckles on the outside) or duck tape or tie on with shoe laces or string

You could also buy a sheepskin girth sleeve and cut hoops off to make the same thing
 
NOISYGIRL said:
Buy a sheepskin noseband and cut in half lengthways, put half round the inside of the muzzle where it is rubbing and attach with spur straps (buckles on the outside) or duck tape or tie on with shoe laces or string

You could also buy a sheepskin girth sleeve and cut hoops off to make the same thing
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Thanks for the suggestion :) I'm wondering though whether a sheep skin mitt, as suggested earlier, might be cheaper than a noseband given that the price of horsey stuff is always extortionate. Will investigate nosebands too.
 
chestnut cob said:
Thanks for the suggestion :) I'm wondering though whether a sheep skin mitt, as suggested earlier, might be cheaper than a noseband given that the price of horsey stuff is always extortionate. Will investigate nosebands too.
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I know where you're coming from, which is why I got a sheepskin girth sleeve from Robinsons last weekend to do mine, it was only bout £3, I've got loads left !
 
I used strips cut from a car washing sponge, one strip for the front of the bucket bit, another for the back, Cover the sponge with fleece material and stick it to the inside of the bucket bit. Of course, this makes the muzzle smaller so if you can get a bigger muzzle this would work better.
I have the Shires one too, but was looking at the Dinky rugs ones, they have fleecy stuff inside the bucket to begin with and do come in quite big sizes so might be worth you looking at those.
 
suestowford said:
I used strips cut from a car washing sponge, one strip for the front of the bucket bit, another for the back, Cover the sponge with fleece material and stick it to the inside of the bucket bit. Of course, this makes the muzzle smaller so if you can get a bigger muzzle this would work better.
I have the Shires one too, but was looking at the Dinky rugs ones, they have fleecy stuff inside the bucket to begin with and do come in quite big sizes so might be worth you looking at those.
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Thanks... horse is a 17hh IDx so I'd be amazed if a Dinky rugs one fits him! ;)
 
chestnut cob said:
Thanks... horse is a 17hh IDx so I'd be amazed if a Dinky rugs one fits him! ;)
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They do extra large, I was looking at them yesterday, am waiting for someone to post a pic, think its on another thread, of the underneath cos they said its webbing so am interested what it looks like before I take the plunge with one of those
 
Check out your local charity shops too :) I bought a large mans sheepskin coat a few years ago = lots of material to make tubes out of and pop onto the muzzle straps :D
 
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