Baskerville ULTRA Dog Muzzle | Size 3

the dog owners dilemma..something made the dog more fearful and yet avoiding all dogs is impossible. you either pull them along in town and frighten everyone including your dog, or you go to open ground and get dragged by leads due to it being a scenting dog and every other dog is off lead which in a pack doesnt work as one copies the other..so you take them seperate and get desperate. some are on lead some are not and just a nightmare if you have a pack of dogs. visibility on public paths is really poor in most areas and you cant know when a dog will come around a corner or bushes..unexpected things like horses or joggers well you cant always train for everything and when you try the horse owners assume your eyeing up stealing them and erect fencing so your miles away. my girl loves to swim and retrieve (only downside) and is super duper high energy needing to run run run (pointer cross collie maybe) having found she is a total escape artist..getting out of harnesses..halti's...collars..its been a long expensive journey with a lot of apologies. to the point now where my heart races and she has no hope of behaving well as im so nervous and worried she will get off the lead-walking her in the village means she has to confront her fears without escape and pants before every corner which cant be fun. so....muzzle time. had i a low-medium energy dog not of her breed perhaps id have have said ok-but no..she has double the energy release needs than that of my collie. it all builds up and you have a nerve bundle, miserable dog at home who has to watch pining as you go on trips with the others in the car who never gets to swim or run..as everyone knows long leads can be a danger..and fear goes above any good training ive found. i HAVE to find a compassionate way to help her so she has options of socialising or keeping away. i trained her to like it using treats..and though when she gets hot it does irritate her and she tries to remove it..also when dogs come out of the water with sticks she can have a go as she wants a stick /ball and cant have it due to the muzzle which i know is frustrting. but it is the price i pay for calming my nerves, her security so that she is not accused of biting, and everyone else too. im lucky in that its not fighting as such just charge with growl/bark so i never have to intervene i just shout oi and she runs back to me and we are working on it during the week with critical distance..i go lonely places at lonely times to reduce this and let her expend that energy and then when its expended ive taken her to apopular off lead park a good way from mine where i can visibly see whos on lead and avoid as on lead dog gets a fright and my girl gets reinforced as dog cant respond for her to learn. my god what a different dog on lead in village or off in an open space..ive been pleasantly surprised at how her issues are nowhere near what it looks like on lead , at one point being surrounded by dogs and two chiwahwahs in tutus without her even bothered..she was obsessed with the swimming. yes there is the odd shouty person but usually i try and approoach at distance and explain what im doing and ive had such positive responses, the odd not so but its rare.if you go somewhere where they take them to socialise you find they are much more accustomed to normal dog behaviour than other places where its mostly on lead.last encounter she saw 5 big dogs on a narrow path and came running back to me..major breakthrough-ive found its bigger dogs..fast dogs that she most worried about especially on a narrow path -after some time i have no doubt she will either play with them or keep with me and not react anymore as she seems to be getting caalmer about the whole thing now ive used muzzle and given her freedom back as she isnt bubbling over with excess energy..im super reassured as ive tested this muzzle ages before i met dogs and she cant get it off at all. the plastic is really strong..you can feed treats though its difficult..and the metal clasp is 100% safer than the previous model which always snapped..i dont use the head strap. also i didnt know about the stretching it to fit in hot water tip...so i now have one spare as its too big but ill give it to a rescue. my fear was always- "right, what if i keep it away from dogs and everyone forever and then suddenly lead breaks..dogs runs into their face, etc etc.."i dont feel ok or like a responsible dog owner not to have socialized her at all as a rule and then blaming others if their dogs get a bite i find that crazy..a lead is not infallible and doesn't excuse no good training, and what if it bit a child while on lead..of course its still your dogs fault!! you cant say well it shouldn't have ran up to my dog!-and seeing people hiding behind cars and all sorts in my neighborhood it feels like pacman and just crazy stressful and nothing for the dogs needs really. it was amazing how seeing her on lead made me terrified to let her go..restrict her life-only to realize later its nowhere near it off lead-i wish everyone knew that on lead behavior can even be total opposite to off and not to let it scare them off socializing and getting their needs met. to be fair..a good number of jack russels and esp frenchies and so , do what she does with owners never thinking its a problem yet theres me going bright red and feeling terrible..so i hope people realize i really do and am really working on it all for the good of my dog and others x if you too are in this position i really recommend this muzzle. ive binned all the others and no longer need to worry about somehow losing hold of her nor horrid walks on the block with useless cheese and disapproving looks and evenings spent trying to wear her out in the house without a minute peace!im very confident that this is far better and more humane way at reducing aggression than other methods.and actually now see that pulling her around on a cord when she is terrified was actually super cruel increasing her fear, ihope in future shame gets removed from dog ownership..its not always the owners fault..esp when we take on rescues and judging others is awful and non supportive, this removes that isolation and everyone feels better x andbest yet your dog has a life again. last point..ive tried lots of "less intimidatin" looking muzzles..and concluded that it is massvively risky to use on on a whole walk..dogs NEED to pant or they can die during their walk..soo dangerous..she kept collapsing with another well known one ancol i believe..if its needed for the length of a walk..ALWAYS use an open one and not one where the dogs jaw is kept nearly close..-stuff what others think or that it "looks" like your dog is more dangerous..appeasing others wouldnt be on your priority list if your dog dies in the process -educate owners that look worried about it..

Bought for my meat mouth Shar Pei boy who isn’t the friendliest , especially on vet visits. Fits him perfectly and doesn’t seem to try to take it off as much. Plenty of room for his mouth and nose. Would definitely recommend .

The muzzle feels well made and has good instructions on how to make it fit your dogs face as well as possible. I'm happy with it's appearance & don't think it looks too outlandish or bulky. One thing I will say is that people with longer faced dogs may struggle to get a decent fit as there are limitations to how much you can adjust the muzzle. I'm really happy with how well it seems to fit my Staffy mix. He doesn't seem to mind wearing it and is learning to get used to it. The straps that go along his face are padded which is a nice feature & the plastic clasp works really nicely with a locking mechanism. The muzzle itself is not very heavy at all yet it still feels durable, only time will tell how long it lasts but so far I've not noticed any issues. Once I fit the muzzle to my dogs face I took it off and cut off the extra material on the straps that wasn't needed. I'm not sure if this is advised or not but if I didn't cut it he would just have long straps flapping about on his head and in his face. If you do decide to cut the excess material just remember to melt the ends so that they don't fray. If you buy this please measure your dogs head correctly and remember that you can adjust the shape of the muzzle by putting it in hit water and then holding it into the shape you want.

Good muzzle but where's the fastening strap? I buy a muzzle, a muzzle, is a muzzle, innit? I don't buy a muzzle only to then having to 'collect' a strap that should have been with the muzzle in the first place! The fastenings could have been thought up a bit better. I would say an under strap that goes all the way around, underneath and around the back of the head. Securing the muzzle both top and bottom, shoddy design because my dog (a Rottweiler) when trying to take it off successfully takes it off because he's a bit nuts and there are plenty of other dogs that would do the same, had a lot of potential but I regret buying it I'm afraid. I've had to adapt it myself. I don't usually do bad reviews I wouldn't necessarily say it's a bad review it's more of a nudge to the strap designers.

Good product at competitive price

Horrified when I realised i had to get a muzzle for my newly adopted Chinese Crested boy and bought the brown plastic version in a hurry. It was awful and couldn't keep it on him it also looked and felt uncomfortable so bought his one and it is absolutely fantastic. The fit and design is far superior. He hasn't been able to get this one off at all but also hasn't struggled to do so as much as it is obviously more comfortable for him. In addition to this being able to give him treats has helped enormously. I didn't find fastening the buckle a problem, although the loop for the collar is a bit too small for the clip fastening on his collar. Having said that he hasn't needed that so far. The buckle is much easier to do up than the clip on the other model as it doesn't get caught in all his hair. I have to question the need for the metal fastening for the overhead part though, I found this difficult to get on to the back strap and it all seemed a bit lumpy at the front so I took the metal clip off entirely and reversed the whole thing, the front loop now just slips through the back strap and the adjustable part now attaches to the front and actually lies flat so a big improvement! Not sure what they were thinking here! Highly recommend this!

I originally ordered a size 3 muzzle, which was a tight fit, so returned it and ordered a size 4. The muzzle fits much better, but I was expecting exactly the same in a bigger size, whoever I was very disappointed to find that the fastenings are not as good on the size 4. Size 3 had the locking snap lock fastener which is quick to put on and safe. Size 4 has a buckle strap which takes longer to put on, and the holes aren't even re-enforced so they will stretch into a bigger holes in no time, then the muzzle don't be safe. Also the strap on size 4 that goes over the head only attach's with a flimsy flip that you have to flip into a hole on the main strap. I gave that a pull before even trying it on my dog to find it came straight out of the hole and fell off the main strap. Where as size 3 was properly attached to the main strap. Very disappointing!! UPDATE I have contacted Company of Animals directly. I was told that the buckle type Muzzle has been discontinued and Amazon must have still had some old type muzzle. I returned and re-ordered again, after being told by Amazon customer service that I wouldn't be sent a discontinued muzzle again, and it was a mistake. The new muzzle arrived today, and yet again I got the old type with a buckle that was discontinued. So yet again I'm returning it, but this time I have gone elsewhere to purchase the Baskerville ultra muzzle. I now finally have the locking snap lock version.

I was forced to buy this muzzle for my American bully mix as it will soon be mandatory for dog's like him to wear one when in public, even though he has never shown any aggression whatsoever. Anyways, the muzzle is good quality, but I really wish they done better colours as black makes him look vicious/mean and that is not the look I go for. My kids have suggested decorating it with ribbons etc. so will just have to do that to make him look pretty. He is a very laid back lad so hopefully he will get used to it quickly. It's just very sad how he will never be able to run along the beach jumping in the waves, playing with other dogs and not being able to fetch his ball on walks again, or go to the caravan site as a lot of sites ban certain dogs. He goes on like a regular dopey goofy dog, but I'd say he's calm for a 10 month old dog, compared to what my German Shepherd was anyway. But it is what it is. EDIT: My dog has accepted the muzzle well and has been wearing it when out on his jaunts. I used peanut butter to make the muzzle a good experience to him and now when he sees his muzzle, he relates it to peanut butter or treats. He does get a little sick of it when he's hot and panting and he does his little commando crawl along the ground to try get it off but it doesn't budge. I dread to think what he'd be like in the summer in a hot car, it will also be mandatory for them to wear muzzles in the car too! Could be very dangerous for the dog on a hot summer day. He gets a bit whiney when my other dog is running around off lead and he is stuck on lead with the muzzle on and can not play with her, I can see why he'd be upset, understandable, I would be too. My kids added some colour to the muzzle and it makes him look less intimidating. I hope everyone elses muzzle training is going as well as my boy's. It's such a shame as it will limit the dog's quality of life, but it is better than a cull I suppose. Good luck everyone.

Very impressed with the Baskerville Ultra Muzzle. It feels strong and well made, and the design is both secure and comfortable for my dog. The fit is adjustable and allows for panting and drinking, which is really important. Once fitted properly, it stays in place without causing discomfort or rubbing. The quality is excellent and gives peace of mind in public situations. Overall, a reliable and thoughtfully designed muzzle—highly recommend.

product excellent....dog didnt like of course....but got it fitted....followed youtube to shape ... all good

Excellent muzzle.

Material and quality is top notch

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