News — Introducing the Muzzle
What Is a Grazing Muzzle?
Posted by Liv Gude on
Horses are amazing creatures that thrive when they can eat forage all day long and wander for miles to do so. Modern horse keeping has disrupted the natural order of things. We keep our horses in paddocks and stalls and determine the makeup and content of their meals, including hay and fortified feeds. We even give them treats! Then we turn them out to graze, often in thick and lush pastures. These patterns of contemporary feeding and less natural roaming can easily, and too often, result in a fat horse. Weight gain for horses has consequences What are the possible consequences for a...
Best ways to introduce the GreenGuard Grazing Muzzle to your horse
Posted by April Chester on
Whether your horse has used a traditional grazing muzzle in the past or has never worn one before, it is always a good idea to take some time to introduce your horse to a new type of muzzle.
Watching horses adjust to their GreenGuard Grazing Muzzle
Posted by Rhiannon Kincaid on
Whenever we get the chance to try our muzzles on a new horse, it's interesting to see the different way they react to the experience. Today, we were taking pictures of two horses in a GreenGuard Grazing Muzzle. These two horses reacted very differently, leading us to think about how individual each horse is, and how great it is that the GreenGuard Grazing Muzzle can be adjusted to accommodate each of them. The first horse of the day was Chex, a 10-year old quarter horse gelding. Chex is an easy-going guy, out on pasture 24-7. We slipped a halter with...