On Jun 30, 7:24=A0pm, Laurel Reddick <lred...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:13:13 -0400, "Fran Bragg" <fobr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
>
> >Sorry, forgot the link:
>
> >http://www.bestfriendequine.com/
>
> That's the one we have used for several years. =A0Basically the horses
> do not like them, and my laminitic chub will go and face the corner of
> a wall when she sees me coming with it. =A0Correct fit adjustment is
> im****tant when you put them on as they need some clearance at the
> bottom. =A0Boo is on to her third Best Friend as she will make the hole
> in the bottom bigger day by day so that she can get more grass. =A0And
> you need to introduce them to the muzzle and keep them on a lead line
> with it on for awhile as they can get panicky if they haven't worn one
> before, but the adjustment is quick if you stand with them and let
> them graze with it for a while.
>
> Don't do what I did with our young QH's a few years ago. =A0I decided
> they too should have grazing muzzles as the grass was lush that year.
> I put grazing muzzles on the two senior QH's and let the young ones
> watch figuring they would see it wasn't such a horrible thing. =A0Then I
> popped a muzzle on each of the young QH's, and let them go in the
> front pasture. =A0They panicked and started running at mach ten. =A0Then
> the two older ones thought there much be something dangerous happening
> too so they started to run too. =A0We had five horses going mach ten
> through the trees, over top of the little trees, bucking, rearing etc.
> (The TB Polly who was without a muzzle joined the fray too). =A0We had
> cars stopping at the front asking if we needed help! =A0It was a sight
> to behold as the young ones were running in panic, and were damned
> hard to catch as a consequence. =A0So please hand graze your horse with
> it first. =A0They do work well, but we don't have any horse that doesn't
> dislike them.
> Laurel
I have had good luck with it on Yoko, but I sure get a hard look when
I put it on her.
sally
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