CollarDirect Dog Muzzle German Shepherd Dalmatian Doberman Setter Leather Basket Medium Large Breeds (Black, Large)

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So 1st and foremost, I bought muzzles for my Malinois as a proactive step to problems with offleash dogs while walking, biking or training my dogs off my own property. Malinois are high drive dogs and I didn't want to risk the chance of injury to them or other dogs.The muzzle seems well made, it did seems confusing trying to put it on but i looked at the pictures of the muzzle on amazon for help. I had already been conditioning my dogs to accept muzzles by hand feeding them treats or their food through the leash loop. When I got the muzzle I just dropped treats into the muzzle to get them to stick their nose in vs forcing it on them. Found that trick on youtube.Taking care of the leather muzzle shouldn't be hard. Do not use peroxide as that eats away at leather. Wipe it with a wet rag and use non toxic oils to oil it. Boot leather conditioners will.be toxic to dogs, so you can use coconut oil, linseed oil, mink oil etc. Do not use excessive amounts, just enough to keep it in good condition. Wipe down with every use if its wet or dirty.Muzzles arent meant to be a fix all to destructive behavior. You need to redirect that energry towards treat filled kongs, exercise, training etc. My dogs are high energry so biking, treadmills, tire pulling, tug or war are all essential to their daily routines. And i have cats that my boy Thrasher wants to chase, the muzzle will help, but he often has his bungee tug toy he redirects his frustration about the cat to. If your dog is destroying your muzzle, you should consider using treats to condition them to it or less time with muzzle on and more actitives to get that energry out.

First let's start with how adorable it is!! The fit was not too snug on her snoot but it was definitely secure! Muzzle training was quick and easy with this muzzle my girl actually seems to like it unlike many others we tried!I truly believe this muzzle gave her more comfort and confidence in a crowd of people and no one was just reaching their hands out to touch her! 🙌🙌 She does not like rogue hands coming at her constantly. We've worn vests before and no one respects not petting her with a vest on asking just that but the muzzle did the trick!!When wet the pink does "discolor"- as shown which makes me wonder how well it will hold up long term but my girl really likes it and it looks amazing!

No matter how tight I would make it, my dog would get out of it. I only bought it because she HATES her paws being touched and she will snip at whomever is trying to cut her nails. She has never bitten anyone but I wanted to make sure eeryone felt safe. Its just too big. I measured her and everything. I just dont see this as a good solution. If you are trying to decide what to get and you want your dog to be comfortable/can breath look for one thats more of a metal cage style. They are more expensive but I think worth it over this.

There's no room in here to pant/drink/eat like some reviews mentioned. Also took a while to figure out how to use it since there's no included instructions. I opened all the buckles and took forever to figure out how to put it back together. The only instructions are in the listing pictures saying open only the neck buckle first to put it on and then adjust the sides. Would have been helpful to include that in or on the box somewhere. Returning to get something bigger. (Only worn for pics)

Worked for a few months til my belgain Malinois figured out how to chew it off. It fits a little bug on the top of the head! The collar loop is a game changer!!!

Great fit for my 70lb pit/shepard mix.

EDIT July 29/2021So I am now giving this muzzle a 2 star ⭐️ ⭐️ review because I had to throw it away. I hardly ever needed to use it except for trips to the vet and a few random walks since he couldn’t stand having it on him ever and he was able to get it right off. I tried and tried to use it. The final straw was at the vet last time and he removed it twice. It just never seemed to fit him correctly. It came immediately off. Then he pulled it apart one day when he saw it laying in the garage and chewed it up. I should have waited to write my first review but didn’t so now I’m on Amazon trying to get a new muzzle because we have a yearly checkup in a month. It has so many straps and no matter how tight I made it, he would get it off. Ugh.Here’s my review of this purchase a few days after receiving it.May 2020///We’ve only put it on him once so far, but I wanted to write my review of this muzzle just based on my first opinion of it then I will edit it a few months into my experience with it as well as how my big GSD is reacting to the muzzle after multiple uses. He doesn’t like muzzles at all, but he allowed me to put this one on him right when I got it today will be day two of our using it. It’s really good quality leather, I’m not used to using leather products for animals but this will be a learning process for both of us. It fits him just fine. True to size as I measured him with the help of my boyfriend, so definitely measure your dog before you purchase this. Honestly this is the quality on Amazon and the price was very very reasonable. I paid 20$ Well crafted and strong. I choose this basket muzzle because I didn’t like how the plastic ones felt and I knew my GSD wouldn’t like hard plastic either. Plus the muzzle I had previously used which he could get off within one minute never fit right and just didn’t work for my dog. It was the kind of muzzle that you fit just around his nose and clip with a plastic clip in the back of his head. Not sturdy or secure at all. I finally found a product that works and does the job it was made to do.I definitely recommend this purchase because if you have a dog that can literally get out of any muzzle you have to think about safety and this is the muzzle for you and your dog 💯Yeah it’s not great and a strong 110 lb GSD has no issues whatsoever removing this muzzle so no after a year of trying it’s not good at all or safe for me to take him to the vet. He’s a good boy and loves people just not random dogs or the vet when the tech comes in with a helper he gets nervous and anxious as can be. I don’t know know why the vet can’t be the one to administer his shots or why the tech had to bring a helper into the tiny room while the other two stand there and one guy gives the shot? I could do it myself and have a happier GSD. Rant. 💯