Cobs

[Goldenstar]

I can’t stand hogged horses I think they look awful I have carefully regrown and trained Blues .
I do however clip his legs all year round .

 

[ElleSkywalkingintheair]

love a proper cob. Love the trads too but head of a lady/arse of a cook formula doesn't seem common anymore. Big shame. Your girl is lovely.

I have one, teeny tiny pretty head and nice juicy peach ? bum ? She's apparently a 'native' rather than traditional cob and is quite silky feathers and mane. She would hog etc nicely but I enjoy the floof.

 

[AdorableAlice]

I can’t stand hogged horses I think they look awful I have carefully regrown and trained Blues .
I do however clip his legs all year round .

I hogged my cob so she matched me when my hair fell out through chemo. I was still trying to ride (in a fashion) through the treatment. I soon realised that she was far too feminine to be hogged and I had nothing to hold on to when scrambling on and off her ! Big mistake which hasn't been repeated.

 

[Goldenstar]

I hogged my cob so she matched me when my hair fell out through chemo. I was still trying to ride (in a fashion) through the treatment. I soon realised that she was far too feminine to be hogged and I had nothing to hold on to when scrambling on and off her ! Big mistake which hasn't been repeated.

I am all for a bit of matchy matchy .
However MrGS really struggled without a mane to use he hated it Blue looks much nicer with a mane although taming it is quite high maintenance it’s getting better now he’s been here a year and a half now .
We use Elnett hairspray when he’s going out on public .

 

[AdorableAlice]

I am all for a bit of matchy matchy .
However MrGS really struggled without a mane to use he hated it Blue looks much nicer with a mane although taming it is quite high maintenance it’s getting better now he’s been here a year and a half now .
We use Elnett hairspray when he’s going out on public .

I read that as you put hairspray on your husband ! until I reread it. I use that cheap hair gel from the pound shop to lay it over on my cob and keep it short.

 

[Goldenstar]

I read that as you put hairspray on your husband ! until I reread it. I use that cheap hair gel from the pound shop to lay it over on my cob and keep it short.

A can of hairspray would last many years for MrGS .

 

[Pippity]

I hogged my cob so she matched me when my hair fell out through chemo. I was still trying to ride (in a fashion) through the treatment. I soon realised that she was far too feminine to be hogged and I had nothing to hold on to when scrambling on and off her ! Big mistake which hasn't been repeated.

My Blue's the opposite - she looks handsome when hogged and common as muck when I tried letting her get hairy. (Also, her mane was a foot long and still vertical. It was getting difficult to see where we were going.)

 

[GSD Woman]

I hogged my cob so she matched me when my hair fell out through chemo. I was still trying to ride (in a fashion) through the treatment. I soon realised that she was far too feminine to be hogged and I had nothing to hold on to when scrambling on and off her ! Big mistake which hasn't been repeated.

If I'm reading correctly your are finished with chemo. If so, congratulations.

As far as manes go, I would have to keep it pulled or else hog and let it start to grow out and then work on it constantly.

When I would braid manes I would use cheap hair gel to help keep it looking good after braiding.

 

[SpotsandBays]

My next door neighbour has a feral cob - unknown breeding. Everything about him screams Gypsy cob - but he has no feather. Not even a little bit! Proper chunky lad with a leg in each corner, long thick mane down to his shoulder and a fabulous thick tail, but isn’t overly hairy on the body in winter!
It’s a shame he’s feral