laura_nash
Well-Known Member
I would definitely go and look at the chestnut cob. Shes a pretty little thing and the right size and type. Lots of cobs would be rude pigs and or worried to death with a certain type of owner yet give no trouble with the right one.
That was my thought too.
When I went to see my cob he was barging all over his owner and she was scared to put a headcollar on him (she had the place set up so she could just herd him from field to stable and back). Not helped by the fact they'd just sold his long-term field companion so he was going nuts with seperation anxiety. It was obvious handling and riding him that he was sensible underneath it and not up for really escalating anything, and watching the owner it was clear she wasn't the most assertive handler. Once we got him on the yard he made one attempt to barge out of his stable, found the YO didn't get out of the way, reared up and hit his nose, then decided that was too much bother and gave up on the idea. Within a week he was handling as easily as any other horse on the yard, apart from some issues around food which took maybe 6 months to resolve fully and were never dangerous (he'd learnt to pull faces and threaten but it was all bark).