Sunbrero - Sun & Fly Masks for Horses

06/12/2023

This 85% SolarShield with a 97%UV skirt is on the way to protect this handsome boy. Thanks Rachel for trusting Sunbrero :)

04/12/2023

One of those days when you're reminded how much you love what you do. Thanks Liz :)

21/11/2023

Squamous cell carcinoma is one of the most common cancerous tumors of the equine eye.

11/11/2023

Black Friday Sale and we're offering FREE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE - now until Cyber Monday.
SHOP NOW: https://www.sunbrero.com.au/shop/

04/11/2022

Thank you everyone for your entries and photos. I wish you could all be winners however today, our random number draw was #19 and it's CONGRATULATIONS to

**** COURT WILSON *****

Please message me Court when you're ready and we'll get your new Sunbrero underway. Can't wait! :)

05/10/2022

You don’t have to be perfect but know that whatever you are settling for is what you are teaching the horse is what is desired.
Especially as your horse gets more advanced, when you settle for okay you are training them to the fact that just okay is acceptable.
Younger horses and horses that are learning may need that “look for the slightest try and the smallest response” to encourage them in the right direction, you should keep lifting your standards as your training advances.

29/09/2022

🌈🌈🌈 💥💥💥 WIN WIN WIN 💥💥💥 🌈🌈🌈
INCLUDES free post worldwide!
For your chance to win simply
* Like our page
* Tag 2 friends that need a Sunbrero
* Share this post (public)

You also might like to attach a photo of your horse with your entry. It may just boost your entry.

*** BONUS.......Get a 2nd entry if you purchase between Sept 1 and close of competition.

Entries close November 1st. Good luck everyone 🙂

SUNBRERO is the global leader and innovator when it comes to ultra comfortable UV face protection for your horse.

To find out more about a handmade, custom Sunbrero please checkout our website ( https://www.sunbrero.com.au/ )
Or message with a photo to find out the different protection options available to suit your horses markings or specific problem area. Once ordered you will receive your custom measuring information.
Cheers
Lyn

01/01/2022

We have a winner!!!!

Congratulations to #1601

*** Elizabeth Galliott ***

Can’t wait to hear from you!

Thank you to everyone that entered and also for the lovely comments and compliments.

19/12/2021

♦️♦️♦️ WIN A SUNBRERO ♦️♦️♦️

INCLUDES free post worldwide!

For your chance to win simply
* Like our page (if you don’t already)
* Comment or share a photo on this post
* Share this post or our page (In order for your entry to be valid, all shared posts must be shared as public ) ** Get a bonus entry/entries if you share to your favourite horse group/s.
*Bonus entry with all sales from July 1 to close of competition.

The winner will be announced January 1, 2022 in time for a new year of protection and comfort from SUNBRERO - the global leader in UV face protection for horses.

To find out more about a handmade, custom sized Sunbrero please checkout the website ( https://www.sunbrero.com.au/ )
Or send a message with a photo to find out the different protection options available to suit your horses markings or specific problem area.

Good luck everyone
Lyn 🤞

19/12/2021

Every mask really is handmade and right down to the Velcro placement. Love this.

Working hard to get to as many as possible before Christmas - is yours one? 🤔🤞

01/12/2021

SUN MASKS IN STOCK ..............
Hi everyone. I have a few standard sized masks in stock ready to ship - for those unable to wait for a custom.
They all come with the 100% 'Happiness' guarantee and a lifetime warranty on workmanship so every bit a true Sunbrero and not a cheap imitation.

If you receive the mask and think you would prefer it custom made for your horse then not a problem , I'm happy to exchange it.

If you're interested in a mask then simply send a message with a photo of their markings and let me know their height and I'll check if I have a mask to suit.

Cheers
Lyn

Check out the website options:
https://www.sunbrero.com.au/shop/

30/11/2021

♦️♦️♦️ WIN A SUNBRERO ♦️♦️♦️

INCLUDES free post worldwide!

For your chance to win simply
* Like our page (if you don’t already)
* Comment or share a photo on this post
* Share this post or our page (In order for your entry to be valid, all shared posts must be shared as public ) ** Get a bonus entry/entries if you share to your favourite horse group/s.
*Bonus entry with all sales from July 1 to close of competition.

The winner will be announced January 1, 2022 in time for a new year of protection and comfort from SUNBRERO - the global leader in UV face protection for horses.

To find out more about a handmade, custom sized Sunbrero please checkout the website ( https://www.sunbrero.com.au/ )
Or send a message with a photo to find out the different protection options available to suit your horses markings or specific problem area.

Good luck everyone
Lyn 🤞

Our mission is to protect your horse from harmful UV rays while enjoying comfort features that most horses only dream of.

11/11/2021

20/10/2021

We have our winner. It is 1316 - Sarah Danzig. Congratulations Sarah!

20/10/2021

Thank you everyone. It is now 6pm AEST and the competition is closed.

Mr Google will find us a random number from the almost 400 entries. We’ll then double check that you’ve tagged and shared the post as per the criteria and announce our winner.

So many deserving entrants and while we would like to help more horses, there can only be one winner.

Sunbrero would like to thank everyone for continuing to love what we do and helping us take our small Aussie business to the world stage.

Stay tuned for our winner. 🤞🤞🤞

17/09/2021

****** WIN A SUNBRERO ******

We are giving away a Sunbrero for one lucky horse and owner.
To enter, tag 2 friends (on the Sunbrero page) and share this post. You might like to add a photo of your horse needing a sun or fly mask.

You can get your order in now and get 2 entries as all masks sold since July 1 will also go in the draw to receive a refund or a new mask - your choice.
Check them out at:
https://www.sunbrero.com.au

Good luck everyone :)

28/08/2021

SUN MASKS IN STOCK ..............
Hi everyone. I have a few standard sized masks in stock ready to ship - for those unable to wait for a custom.
They all come with the 100% 'Happiness' guarantee and a lifetime warranty on workmanship so every bit a true Sunbrero and not a cheap imitation.

If you receive the mask and think you would prefer a custom made one then not a problem as I'm happy to exchange it.

If you're interested in a mask then simply send a message with a photo of their markings and let me know their height and I'll check if I have something to suit.

Cheers
Lyn

Check out the website options:
https://www.sunbrero.com.au/shop/

29/07/2020

You can see the sun’s rays trying to reach my horse but I know his eyes and nose is perfectly safe thanks to his awesome Sunbrero!!!😎🙌🏼

30/04/2020

In the last few weeks we had 2 babies in need of some custom (and urgent) vetting masks. One is for a UV related treatment reaction and the other for post-op care after an eye injury.

I'm pleased to report that both weanlings are doing well and it really is an honour to make a difference for these kids and their owners.

For your sun or fly mask needs head to:
https://www.sunbrero.com.au
Or message for assistance in what will best suit your horses needs.

22/12/2019

Current snake bite information

Some useful information I found shared by a friend. Worth a read🤓

That bite of summer has well and truly come early this year and with that heat, comes snakes.
This article was written by Rob Timmings
Rob runs a medical/nursing education business Teaching nurses, doctors and paramedics. It’s well worth the read


3000 bites are reported annually.
300-500 hospitalisations
2-3 deaths annually.

Average time to death is 12 hours. The urban myth that you are bitten in the yard and die before you can walk from your chook pen back to the house is a load of rubbish.

While not new, the management of snake bite (like a flood/fire evacuation plan or CPR) should be refreshed each season.

Let’s start with a
Basic overview.

There are five genus of snakes that will harm us (seriously)
Browns, Blacks, Adders, Tigers and Taipans.

All snake venom is made up of huge proteins (like egg white). When bitten, a snake injects some venom into the meat of your limb (NOT into your blood).

This venom can not be absorbed into the blood stream from the bite site.

It travels in a fluid transport system in your body called the lymphatic system (not the blood stream).

Now this fluid (lymph) is moved differently to blood.
Your heart pumps blood around, so even when you are lying dead still, your blood still circulates around the body. Lymph fluid is different. It moves around with physical muscle movement like bending your arm, bending knees, wriggling fingers and toes, walking/exercise etc.

Now here is the thing. Lymph fluid becomes blood after these lymph vessels converge to form one of two large vessels (lymphatic trunks)which are connected to veins at the base of the neck.

Back to the snake bite site.
When bitten, the venom has been injected into this lymph fluid (which makes up the bulk of the water in your tissues).

The only way that the venom can get into your blood stream is to be moved from the bite site in the lymphatic vessels. The only way to do this is to physically move the limbs that were bitten.

Stay still!!! Venom can’t move if the victim doesn’t move.
Stay still!!

Remember people are not bitten into their blood stream.

In the 1980s a technique called Pressure immobilisation bandaging was developed to further re**rd venom movement. It completely stops venom /lymph transport toward the blood stream.

A firm roll bandage is applied directly over the bite site (don’t wash the area).

Technique:
Three steps: keep them still
Step 1
Apply a bandage over the bite site, to an area about 10cm above and below the bite.
Step 2:
Then using another elastic roller bandage, apply a firm wrap from Fingers/toes all the way to the armpit/groin.

The bandage needs to be firm, but not so tight that it causes fingers or toes to turn purple or white. About the tension of a sprain bandage.

Step 3:
Splint the limb so the patient can’t walk or bend the limb.

Do nots:
Do not cut, incise or suck the venom.
Do not EVER use a tourniquet
Don’t remove the shirt or pants - just bandage over the top of clothing.
Remember movement (like wriggling out of a shirt or pants) causes venom movement.

DO NOT try to catch, kill or identify the snake!!! This is important.

In hospital we NO LONGER NEED to know the type of snake; it doesn’t change treatment.

5 years ago we would do a test on the bite, blood or urine to identify the snake so the correct anti venom can be used.
BUT NOW...
we don’t do this. Our new Antivenom neutralises the venoms of all the 5 listed snake genus, so it doesn’t matter what snake bit the patient.

Read that again- one injection for all snakes!
Polyvalent is our one shot wonder, stocked in all hospitals, so most hospitals no longer stock specific Antivenins.

Australian snakes tend to have 3 main effects in differing degrees.

Bleeding - internally and bruising.
Muscles paralysed causing difficulty talking, moving & breathing.
Pain
In some snakes severe muscle pain in the limb, and days later the bite site can break down forming a nasty wound.

Allergy to snakes is rarer than winning lotto twice.

Final tips: not all bitten people are envenomated and only those starting to show symptoms above are given antivenom.

Did I mention to stay still.
~Rob Timmings
Kingston/Robe Health Advisory

31/10/2019

On this day 102 years ago these troopers had no idea that the fight they were approaching would go down as one of our finest hours. They were soon to take part in the Charge at Beersheba.

Their feat of courage, daring and determination etched the name of the Australian Light Horsemen and their gallant remounts into military history forever.

Today and always we remember them.
'Lest We Forget'

02/09/2019

Too many of us are riding the wrong horse! We feel honour bound to keep trying because of money invested, or the animal’s prospects as a performance horse.

What we don’t consider is that to reach this potential, our horse or pony needs to be with someone who makes all things possible! If we are worried or fearful, he will be worried and fearful – and we will always hold one another back.

If your spirit does not soar when you sit in the saddle, I’m going so far as to say you’re over mounted. The culture might tell you to 'cowboy up' but I believe that making yourself ride the wrong horse is nothing short of self torture…

If this sounds familiar, please give yourself the gift of saying you’ve had enough!

24/04/2019

Lest we forget

15/03/2019

TheHorse.com

Colic! 😳

Researchers suggest that measuring the biomarker creatine kinase in abdominal fluid can help distinguish horses with ischemic (lacking blood flow) intestine due to a strangulating lesion—and, thus, require surgery—from those without.

28/02/2019

Thinking of everyone at the Werribee zoo - including his pride. 😔

Saying goodbye to an elderly animal is never easy, but today was especially sad. This afternoon we farewelled Johari, one of Werribee Open Range Zoo’s most majestic animals.

The 15-year-old lion had been lethargic recently and passed away under anaesthetic while vets were investigating the cause of this. While we’ll need to wait for the necropsy to confirm the cause of death, his old age and condition over the past few weeks suggest his passing was age-related.

Johari was an iconic hero at the zoo who will be remembered for the regal way he led his pride and watched over his many cubs.

Please join us in sharing your photos of Johari and passing on your condolences to the keepers, vets and staff at Werribee Open Range Zoo who are mourning this significant loss.

More info: http://bit.ly/2T0AcIu

20/02/2019

Do Horses Actually Enjoy Pats After a Winning Ride? – The Horse

Exactly! They feel a fly on them like we do so maybe just a nice rub on the poll or a wither scratch but...... some ‘pats’, albeit well meaning, are almost abuse.

Food for thought next time you’re rewarding your horse or even your dog. 🤔

Our equitation science reporter shares why she doesn't pat her horse for a job well done.

24/01/2019

Bran Mash: A Mashup of Myths - Kentucky Equine Research

Bran Mash: A Mashup of Myths - Kentucky Equine Research

A common belief is that feeding your horse a bran mash will help warm him and have a laxative effect. However, neither is true!

11/11/2018

Australia Post you have excelled yourself. A Saturday delivery!

So glad you like it KC and it looks like Omar is happy as well. Thanks for the lovely pics. 😘

21/10/2018

It’s the time of year for foaling. 😊

'Eponchyium' - Is the normal squishy and rubbery protective layer on a foals foot that's present on a fresh newly born foal. The function is to protect both the mare from the foals hooves whilst in the uterus and during birth. It also protects the foal from injury. This protective layer doesn't last long and quickly wears away when the foal stands and starts to walk.

26/09/2018

Sunglasses For Horses? Mounted Police Horse Wears Special Equipment After Cancer Battle - Horse Racing News | Paulick Report

Sunbrero sun masks are like dark sunnies however this is next level.
I'm thinking those lips might like a Sunbrero NoseSkirt though :)

https://www.paulickreport.com/horse-care-category/vet-topics/sunglasses-horses-mounted-police-horse-wears-special-equipment-cancer-battle/

The horses of England's Greater Manchester Mounted Patrol are revered for their bravery. In 2016, three of them — Hexam, Captain, and Tangle — shared the Service Animal of the Year award for their heroism in quelling a riot after the Manchester United – Liverpool soccer match. But another in t...