Why We Don't Need a Metal Bar on the Front of Leerburg's Leather Police Muzzle

By Ed Frawley  |  Last modified: March 1, 2024

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I'm doing this video because we had a call from a potential customer wanting to know if our leather police muzzles had a metal bar in the front and the answer is no, we don't need a metal bar on the front. The people that manufacture muzzles that need to put a metal bar in the front are people that don't use as good quality leather as we do.

Our leather is—if you're not a leather expert—12 to 15 oz leather. In the leather industry, they have their own language. That's the thickest leather you can get. Our Amish guys make these leather muzzles for us.

There are two layers of the thickest leather you can buy on the front of this. There is no way that I need to put a metal piece in the front of our muzzles—it's not necessary to put it there. I know because back in the late 90s, I did my first video on Muzzle Fighting with Police Service Dogs. I just redid that video a couple years ago so I know a thing or two about muzzles and I know that you don't need to get a muzzle with a leather strap in the front. View our course on Muzzle Fighting for Police Service Dogs released in 2021.

If you are a police officer looking for a leather muzzle, buy one of these. You don't need to have a competitor's muzzle that has a metal strap in front of it. It just makes the muzzle heavier and it's not needed and these are not going to wear out. They're not going to get soft. I guarantee you nobody has a dog that's gonna bend the front of these muzzles over. This is a quality piece of leather. It's handmade by the Amish harness makers that we use that have done business with us for 34 years.

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Ed Frawley

Ed Frawley is the founder and owner of Leerburg.com and has been producing professional dog training videos since 1982. Over the years, he has collaborated with some of the most respected dog trainers in the country. His body of work includes 194 full-length training DVDs and 95 comprehensive online courses. In addition to these, he has produced and published over 4,000 short training videos available free of charge on Leerburg.com and across the company's social media platforms.

Ed and his wife, Cindy—also a professional dog trainer—bred working-line German Shepherds and Belgian Malinois for more than 35 years. Although they retired from breeding in 2009, they had produced over 300 litters by that time.

Ed also served as a K9 handler for the local sheriff's department for 10 years, working in partnership with the West Central Drug Task Force. During his time in law enforcement, he handled multiple narcotics and patrol dogs and conducted more than 1,000 K9 searches. If you want to learn more about Ed, read about his history here.

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