Grazing muzzles - what would you recommend?

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I'm looking for a grazing muzzle for my mare, but she has really sensitive skin so I'm looking for recommendations based on what is most comfortable! I've heard good things about the Dinky Classic grazing muzzle, but the Greenguard and Shires ones both look like they'd rub too much. Any advice?
 
Ive got a shires one that I leather in aloevera gel every two days and it doesnt rub. I have to say i did have to secure it to an old headcollar as canny Wee S could get it off :o
 
My pony could get the greenguard one off. In the end she ripped her face open getting it off- now I have to keep her on a track. It does restrict my choice of yards. My friend's pony is fine in both greenguard and shires.
 
my pony gets the greenguard off. I have found the solution. I make a coral within her field of electric fencing so there is no post she can rub on. So it stays on all day.
 
Have used the Shires one which stayed in place and didn't rub. However the horse did get the ring under the chin caught on a gate and pulled the gate off its hinges.
 
My mares got really sensitive skin too. I ended up using a greenguard but had to adapt it with garden wire so that I can shape it in to an oval so that it rests on the head collar and not on her face. If the muzzel so much as touches her skin the hairs off in an hour, in two hours a sores appeared :~( Takes time to get it right but its worth it :~)
 
I use the Greenguard muzzle, it takes little while to fit it , you will have to adjust it a few times before you get it right. I found that by going into the field and watching how she was eating I could see how it was moving and adjust it to the correct fitting.
 
My shetland has a massive head and the pony sized muzzles always rub horribly. I've found the best thing was to stitch fleece around a cob sized muzzle and cut the straps/sew onto a headcollar. I prefer the shires ones as they've well ventilated, and the rubber bit doesn't crack or wear thin.
 
Greenguard everytime. My fattie ate his way out of a Dinky muzzle closely followed by two Aerborn muzzles. Thought Greenguard were expensive but not as expensive as replacing other brands every 4 weeks!

I agree with the other posters tho - make sure it fits. I attach it to a field-safe headcollar and has been fine. Only issue I have is that he occasionally breaks the straps on it but baler twine is fine as an interim measure - the retailer I bought mine from sent me 4 replacement straps for spare FOC.
 
What do you find sizing like for greenguard? I tried a full size for my 15.2 tb and it seemed huge on her so have been and swapped for pony size ( not tried it on yet) but this looks small.
 
I had the best friends one (I think that was what it was called) which cost 40 pounds and was sent over from America. It rubbed and eventually the Velcro lost its stick. So I went for a Dinky which looked really good in theory, but I sold the pony before it ever got tested.

I can't comment on green guard, although I have seen horses pushing the mesh out of the way and eating around it, which they wouldn't be able to do with a dinky as it sits higher up the nose.
 
My lad's Dinky muzzle lasted a week before he had chewed right through the webbing at the bottom, and they were EXTREMELY unhelpful when I complained - to the point of them claiming they had "taped our conversation". C*** muzzle anyway.

I use Shires muzzles, but pad them out with fake sheepskin to prevent any rubbing. Why on earth they don't cotton on and provide padding is beyond me, as without it they can rub. :confused:
 
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