How do grazing muzzles work if your horse is out 24/7??

[The Xmas Furry]

I dont really understand why people use grazing muzzles, surely they really frustrate the horse? Why not simply electric tape off a chunk of field?

Have you ever dealt with tiny ponies? They make Colditz prisoners look like amateurs
Field taped off AND muzzle on - safer all round that way & figure still a little on the large side........

 

[smellsofhorse]

The best time to leave it offf is at night when there sugars are supposidly less.
So muzzle on at in day.

Could you fence a bit of so he has a smaller area at night but more in the day when the muzzle is on.

Ive never used a muzzle though!
(on my horses)

 

[WelshMisfit]

It is very unlikely that my pony would have been unable to get the clip undone himself as it the same sort of clip you get on rugs and headcollars and as the muzzle was on the grass not near any trees he had not rubbed against a branch so we suspect someone felt sorry for him and took it off.

Our little shetland always managed to take his off and we used to find it in the middle of the field, which made us wonder how he'd managed it. Until the day my daughter and I had a picnic on the field and watched one of the donkeys taking it off for him!