maggiemae Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 There is a YouTube video and the NGA Manual that state one way to keep a muzzle on an escape artist is to "Slip thru a regular plastic racing collar on the back of the headpiece. Does it go around the neck? Anyone familiar with this procedure? My girl keeps getting to her spay incision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggiemae Posted October 29, 2021 Author Share Posted October 29, 2021 I can't figure out how he is doing this when he is attaching the collar to the muzzle. Can you make out what he is doing? Thanks!!!! This is my first post so don't know what I am doing, LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggiemae Posted October 29, 2021 Author Share Posted October 29, 2021 See 1:03 in the video above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KF_in_Georgia Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 You need to use a buckle collar; a martingale is a closed loop, and you need a collar that only becomes a closed loop once you buckle it. Feed one loose end of the collar through the strap of the muzzle, then fasten the collar. If she keeps trying to lick or chew her stitches, use duct tape over the relevant holes in the muzzle to keep her from reaching the stitches. If you don't have a buckle collar, you can use a piece of ribbon or something like that. (Just tie a bow--not anything you'll have to cut loose.) The goal is to keep her from pulling the muzzle's strap over her head. If you can't slide the muzzle off once you've tied or buckled it, she won't be able to, either. Quote Kathy and Q (CRT Qadeer from Fuzzy's Cannon and CRT Bonnie) and Jane (WW's Aunt Jane from Trent Lee and Aunt M); photos to come. Missing Silver (5.19.2005-10.27.2016), Tigger (4.5.2007-3.18.2016), darling Sam (5.10.2000-8.8.2013), Jacey-Kasey (5.19.2003-8.22.2011), and Oreo (1997-3.30.2006) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggiemae Posted October 29, 2021 Author Share Posted October 29, 2021 I have a plastic racing buckle collar but I can't see if this goes around her neck in the video. My brain just isn't working on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggiemae Posted October 29, 2021 Author Share Posted October 29, 2021 "Feed one loose end of the collar through the strap of the muzzle, then fasten the collar." Could you explain this a little more; what does the other end of the collar do or go? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggiemae Posted October 29, 2021 Author Share Posted October 29, 2021 If it goes around her neck I don't want to choke her when she is lying down, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BatterseaBrindl Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 Your dog needs to wear a regular buckle type collar..not a martingale collar. Just a regular old fashioned dog collar, done up normally around the dogs neck. Put the muzzle on your dog. Undo the buckle collar and loop it through the strap from the muzzle and do it back up again. That video is taken at a bad angle for you to see it properly. Alternatively, take a piece of string /thin rope and just tie the muzzle to the buckle collar and the muzzle. This will hold the strap of the muzzle in place and she shouldn't be able to get it off over her head. As mentioned you should put some duct tape on some of the holes of he muzzle as she can probably stick her tongue through them and lick her incision. If you still can't figure it out please post again and I'm sure someone can take a better photo of what it should look like! Quote Nancy...Mom to Sid (Peteles Tiger), Kibo (112 Carlota Galgos) and Joshi. Missing Casey, Gomer, Mona, Penelope, BillieJean, Bandit, Nixon (Starz Sammie), Ruby (Watch Me Dash) Nigel (Nigel), and especially little Mario, waiting at the Bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggiemae Posted October 29, 2021 Author Share Posted October 29, 2021 Thank you. I have put blue masking tape on both sides of the muzzle like he shows in the video. I do have a stool guard. Can the dog breathe at night with the stool guard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Moregrey Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 My girl was in your spot two years ago. We went between the cone of shame and the stool guard muzzle. You can also use a cat collar to attach the two. I have take a few pictures without the gh wearing them Hope it helps you get a better picture of what you are trying to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Moregrey Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 (edited) Picture did not post see next post Slide muzzle belt through collar and the buckle or with a regular buckle collar slide that through a buckled muzzle. Need less to say one piece has to be on the dog first. Edited October 30, 2021 by 1Moregrey Added picture to next post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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maggiemae Posted November 3, 2021 Author Share Posted November 3, 2021 Thanks everyone. I figured it with your help 1MoreGrey. Several days I used this until today when my new super lightweight muzzle from Hound Safe arrived! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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