The Best Friend Cribbing Muzzle allows horses to eat and drink freely while gently and humanely limiting the damage from a number of undesirable equine behaviors, including:
- Cribbing and/or wood-chewing
- Chewing blankets, bandages or wounds
- Chewing other objects
- Biting other ponies
- Biting themselves
- Biting people
The nylon and aluminum construction is lightweight, rustproof, rot-proof and easy-to-clean. The Best Friend Cribbing Muzzle is padded for comfort and attaches to your breakaway halter with a four-point breakaway system that enhances safety.
The muzzle should be positioned so that the bars run vertically (north and south). To attach the muzzle, loop the four straps over the noseband and chinstrap. (The two side straps may be looped through the halter rings for added stability.) Leave the metal rings in the down position to allow the muzzle to breakaway. The breakaway system will hold in place under normal circumstances, yet will pull apart if a pony panics and struggles to free itself. This feature greatly reduces the risk of injury to the pony. To disable the breakaway feature, slide the metal rings up over the hook-and-loop straps.
Fitting Instructions:
Measure up the muzzle depth on your horse and check the circumference at that point. The muzzle should not fit tight but should have a few fingers space between the muzzle and horse
Sizing:
Pony
Most average size ponies and yearlings, very small faced horses, 300-500 lbs. 12 hands and under
20" circumference x 4 1/2" depth
Cob
Large ponies or small horses, such as Morgans or Arabians, 500-800 lbs, 13-14 hands
22" circumference x 5 1/2" depth
Horse (Average)
Average Size horses, such as Quarter Horses, 800-1100 lbs, 15-16 hands
24" circumference x 6" depth
Large Horse (Oversize)
Warmbloods and large faced horses, 1,100 to 1,600 lbs., 17 hands and over
26" circumference x 6 1/2" depth