Don't 'Stereotype' my cob!!!!!!!!

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OK my cob is a real fussy eater when it comes to his hay,you would believe that if he was hungry he would eat it...oh no not him he would rather starve and stare at it all night! (Now't wrong with it all the other 8 horses on yard tuck in!) So with the current situation hay is a problem here(In the F&M 3K zone) my yard has a feed and tack shop business at the front of yard....new hay is slowly coming in, has too, as this business supply's alot of big horse yards round here!We have been told to mix with old hay...but this is a no go for the cob,and I don't want him just living on Horseage Blue...so had a chat with YO and she said 'Well he is a cob he should eat anything!!!'.....IMHO you cannot 'Stereotype' a horse...what do you think!
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PS:-As of this morning the cob ate his hay as a different batch!
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Well, he won't starve himself - so I'd be inclined to go with the flow.

Doesn't sound as if you have much choice really......

As for the stereotyping - I'd have said the same
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my gelding is the opposit, won't eat the nice stuff but loves eating old dusty hay thats no good for him. so now we compromise and mix straw in with the nice hay so he eats it!
 
My cob is fussy about hay too - some nights he will eat pretty much all of it, others he barely eats a slice - he's not a 'piggy' type of horse and I really think he's often just full, however I'd be concerned if he didn't touch any of it!! Your chap really needs to eat something, so I'd persist with getting a different supply ! It really annoys me that people stereotype cobs - I have had some horrible comments about mine "he's such a plod" (not true - I just don't hammer him on the roads) "be just my luck to back that sort in the Grand National" (well obviously he wouldn't be IN the Grand National you muppet) and when I tell people that we've won dressage comps, they always laugh and say "were you the only one in it then?" (true they were mostly from people who know b****r all about horses but they still hurt!!) OK he's not a posh looking TB or Warmblood but he's mine and I love him!!!! Good luck with your chap - stick to your guns!
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Ah yes, the sensible ploddy eat anything tending to be overweight cob!

I can understand you on the not liking stereotypes rant... I've got a chestnut mare!

I've lost count of how many people (farriers, vets, instructors) who have said "do you know, I think your mare has convinced me that all chestnut mares aren't mad and evil" etc etc.

I like her being different!
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My god - I thought it was just my cob that is being really fussy about his Hay. I am on my third supper of hay and am at my wits end, let me know if you have any success
 
My cob too! Sometimes, but only sometimes, he'll eat a good amount of hay, other times none at all. He's a 'good doer' but won't eat hay out of greed and would starve rather than eat some that he's declared 'unfit for cob consumption'. He's in during the day to keep out of flies (which he hates) and to keep his waistline in check but even that won't make him eat just any old hay.

I think that he thinks that he's a delicate TB (since we're talking stereotyping!
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) He hates being out in the cold and wet and is generally fussy about what he eats and when (although mints, carrots or apples are obviously ok at any time!)
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I have been told there is a TB crying to get out......does not like being turned out without a rug if raining,has to wear a Rambo(Has to be this make to take all the bum rubbing on gates!)because he hates flies(Lot's of feet stamping,well he won't gallop far,to much energy for that!) His a very senstive fellow,no shouting at him,can't take the stress of that....but when his ridden he beat a ex-racehorse at gallop and is very forward going!
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So don't sterotype him!
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My god - I thought it was just my cob that is being really fussy about his Hay. I am on my third supper of hay and am at my wits end, let me know if you have any success

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We think(That's me YO's OH)that it depends on the batch and where it's location,have found that finer cut bale's will be eaten(meadow hay content that smells sweet!)course he will not eat course hay,this is after many bale's going back to the shop's barn with a section missing.....Good Luck with it as very fruatrating I know!
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I got 80 bales of last years in for my Welshie as I don't like to feed current year hay for fatty reasons! He has been a bit fussy with it and does seem to pick at it rather than go at it like usual. I put it down in part to the weather change as he is picking more at his limited grass paddock than when it was wet and spending large amounts of time in his field stable dozing in the heat! I don't think he is as hungry but if he is picky about his hay it is tough because he has 80 bales of the stuff to get through! He won't starve so will eat it I am sure and if he does not eat much, so much the better as it might shift a few more pounds off his round cuddly belly!!!
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my cob too! so fussy with the hay, wont eat his but strides over to eat his neighbours (yes cobs to stride out haha!) even though its from the same place ie our YO!!! he rarely eats his hay. he doesnt touch his blooming salt lick, never has, but did devour a bright blue spearmint likit last week which gave me some hope! im glad he is not a pig. re stereotyping the cobs? bah humbug i say, theyre so so wonderful at most things and yet safe too that is why THEY ARE SO EXPENSIVE haha!
 
LMAO........Use that 'well she's just a cob' phrase in my ear shot, and you better be able to run fast, or hope there isn't a big stick handy!!!
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I feed both mine on the blue Horsehage, as can't be faffed soaking hay really. People shouldn't sterotype cobs, I've done everything with mine from draghunting to medium level dressage, & it gives me great joy to report that my 13hh Welsh C was 3rd in her first elementary, beating the rude & vile woman at the next lorry who said "What's she doing here with that?!" I gave her a cheery wave & a "See you next time" as I left!!!
 
Isn't stereotyping great...... I have two TB's who are very much in touch with their "inner cob" and one is a chestnut mare, who has been watching far far too much Catherine Tate!!


You do the same as me when they wont eat their hay....but as I said before a phenomenon... mebe it is like cooked carrots Some humans like them crunchy others soggy and some inbetween and won't really touch the ones they dont do!
 
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