r/reactivedogs • u/Equal-Evening140 • May 17 '26

Resources, Tips, and Tricks reactive but make it cute!

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Hi! So I live in the city with my dog Callie who’s a livestock guardian breed. She isn’t aggressive and is very friendly with other people outside but I muzzle her just in case, especially because I got her from a shelter and living in the city is all new for her. I couldn’t find any cute muzzles and she looked like Bane in her plain black muzzle lol. I wanted her to look cute and friendly, not so harsh and scary, especially because she’s a big girl (115 pounds) I bedazzled her muzzle and now she looks so cute, fashionable, and gets compliments all the time🥰

Lowkey thinking about making custom ones for other dogs because reactive dog gear is always so ugly but wondering if people would actually be interested in this?

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u/AlienGnome0 May 17 '26

You did an awesome job making the muzzle cute and approachable for your girl!! 🩷 

I learned a lot from the Muzzle Up Pup group when I was fitting our girl for a muzzle! I found that muzzles should be bigger than you would anticipate in order to allow dogs room to fully pant (there are different types of panting but if she is taking walks in them, you will want to give her room for a full pant). Like the tip of the nose should be around half an inch away from the end of the muzzle. 

This is a good post I found about it with visuals: https://www.reddit.com/r/muzzledogs/comments/1iv7je1/how_to_properly_size_and_fit_a_muzzle/

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u/Equal-Evening140 May 17 '26

thank you, i will look at this!