Thinline Grazing Muzzle Fitting!

Thinline Grazing Muzzle Fitting!

These top tips will help with the fitting of your Thinline Grazing Muzzle!

The Thinline Grazing Muzzle is, thankfully, nothing like the typical heavy, cage-like apparatus.

The design has been completely rethought to be softer, lighter and less confining.

When you first get your muzzle, it does take a little time to get the right fit.

But don’t worry, there is lots of help available and he or she will be grazing happily in no time.

Plus, by avoiding these common mistakes listed below, we’ll make sure you don’t get your muzzle in a muddle on day one!

Top Tips for Fitting!

  1. Pick the right size: The muzzles are very flexible so you can adjust them to fit. It’s still helpful to try and choose the closest size to the horse’s nose conformation. There’s no one size fits all! Some horses have very long or very small noses and don’t fit into the size you’d expect. As a rule of thumb; long nose, go up a size, little nose, go down a size.
  1. Don’t Fit and just hope for the best: They do take some thought, so be prepared to invest a little bit of time when it first arrives. Once they are right, these muzzles work perfectly so it’s worth the effort. Here’s a little guide to initial fitting:
  • Fix with temporary ties and try on with the head slightly down. Check the grazing hole lines up with the mouth.
  • Ensure the front and back are on the same holes so the muzzle is central
  • Hand graze with the temporary ties on so you can see how it fits. If the sides bulge, shorten them, otherwise you may encourage grazing from the side.
  • Once you’re happy, secure with the permanent ties and pull tight to ensure the muzzle doesn’t slip around. Check the muzzle is close to the nose and muzzle.
  • Try grazing again to make doubly sure it doesn’t slide from side to side and everything looks comfy.
  1. Don’t Leave it too baggy: The muzzle will move around and allow your horse to get grass from the side if it’s too baggy. We all know how agile those noses can be!
  2. Not choosing the correct hole size: The hole is designed to be made bigger according to the individual horse, but also comes in two sizes, 2 cm and 3.5cm hole.

Here are the veterinary recommendations for grazing muzzle hole sizes:

  • 24/7 full time grazing in a muzzle – 3.5 to 4 cm.
  • Restricted grazing for horses who require substantially less sugar intake – 2 to 2.5 cm.

Remember to take the horse’s individual needs into account.

The muzzle comes with a 2cm or 3.5cm hole ready for you to adjust.

  1. Tying with the wrong cable ties, or modifying with ties/tapes: Our ties are designed to break for safety. These can be easily changed if the size or fit needs modifying.
  2. Using a halter that rubs: This is usually nothing to do with the muzzle (unless the fit isn’t right and, for example, it’s being pulled down over a nose that’s too long for it!). Padding on the halter – particularly sheepskin – is a good way to make sure everything stays comfy.

The team at Comfy Horse HQ are here to help you every step of the way. Help with sizing, fitting or any other issues you might encounter. If you have any doubt please send a picture to  .We’ll be able to help!

Remember, Thinline purchass are covered by a warranty if things go wrong, but a little time and working together is worth the effort.

Finally, if you’re more of a visual person, there are a couple of good instructional videos on YouTube for you to take a look at:

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