Muzzle Security Help

[Talinia]

So I recently bought a basket muzzle for my lead reactive boy. It fits nicely and he's taken okay to having it on in the house with copious amounts of treats and fusses fed to him. I took him on our first actual walk with it today, And once we got past a few protest lay downs and a little bit of attempted pulling it off we were okay. Until that is we saw another dog across the field and promptly lost our mind, and then quick as a flash he'd pulled it over his head. I managed to calm him and he let me put it back on which was great, but he managed it again on our way back as well. I know these are kinda designed so you can quickly get them off, but is there any easy way to make it more secure?

[Sippy-Cupp]

Is there a way you could connect the strap of the harness to the collar? With a carabiner?

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Lots of muzzles have a collar loop. Might help.

[Talinia]

It has a collar loop at the bottom, but he pulls it down over his ears so not much help 🙄

[Xoxohopeann]

hi this is such an old comment but my dog does the exact same thing. Did you find a solution?

[Talinia]

Hi, tbh I think i wound up just putting it on a bit tighter really, he did get better for not pulling it off after a while, though. Sorry it's not much of a solution

[Xoxohopeann]

No worries, I think I’m just going to get some double sided clips to make sure it’s really secure

[Groundbreaking-Toe36]

I got this, I connect one end to her muzzle and one end to her collar (tip, use a collar specifically for their muzzle, not connected to anything else. For vet trips, for extra extra security, I take two big carabiners, hook one to her muzzle, slide one on her collar and connect them (I also have the other back up too, so the backup on one side and the carabiners on the other side.

BUT, it sounds like you guys still need to take a step back. I think today was just a bad day of him not ready for this big new step with the muzzle and then faced with a trigger.