Why do people want to own cobs?

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Shysmum, I would SNOG THAT!!!!!!!!!! What a good idea, posting pretty cob photos to hijack Shilsilovecobs thread :-) I did start one to rival this, called why don't people want to own cobs, but forgot about it hehe
 
Well I personally think it's silly a horse is being judged on how it's physical image is portrayed, hm?
I suppose the "Slow" stereotype is an assumption because of the build of the horse.
I'm personally not a big fan of cobs but they should not be disrespected in such a manner.
In my mind cobs make absolutely excellent hunting horses.
Every horse is different and I absolutely do not believe that your biased opinion should stereotype every cob as "hairy and slow".

Hm I guess the equivalent of this post for the Warmblood lovers is saying that Warmbloods are outrageous lunatics.
Just had to voice my opinion here, This thread is full of banter.
 
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Traditional, Heinz, stocky, cheeky, comical personality, easy to feed......straightforward tend to be good doer.

Just love the nativey gypsy type etc etc..............my husband calls mine Eyeooorre!
 
Come over to me and ill show you that cobs are fat but are defently not lazy... I can show you the difference in jumping a halfbred over a double dike and a cob over a double dike. I can garrantee u will prefer the cob.
BUT each to there own if i was competeing in showjumping or dressage every week i would rather a half bred.. but for hunting, hacking around or just generally having a mess a cob all the way.
Reson people like cobs:
Steady
good doer
sure footed
great temperment
nothing fazes them
reilable
well able to move when you want them to
wont move when you dont want them to.
There is over 50 cobs where I work and none of them are lazy slobs and i have convencived a good few people that the reputation they have is not always true
 
I'm afraid Shy's reputation IS true. Yes he broke into the feed shed, stuffed his face all night, and could not reverse back out. Stuck with his head in the trough, his idea of heaven. Not the farmer's whose wife started ranting on the phone to me at 6 am. He preferred a good breakfast by ten past six and she was late. Or hubs, who designated Shy for the BBQ.

Now ONLY a cob could do that, and have to be wedged back out by three burly men. Taking a good half hour.
 
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cambrica said:
Sorry I have to ask you S. Do you really live in the underworld or are you selling yarn on the Isle of Skye ?.
I do not fear, I have a Promethean spirit...
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What sort of crazed stalker are you? :p
Stay away from me, and Hades, or you'll be hearing from my legal team (you surely can't think I'm short of lawyers in Hades?)
S :D
 
shysmum said:
I'm afraid Shy's reputation IS true. Yes he broke into the feed shed, stuffed his face all night, and could not reverse back out. Stuck with his head in the trough, his idea of heaven. Not the farmer's whose wife started ranting on the phone to me at 6 am. He preferred a good breakfast by ten past six and she was late. Or hubs, who designated Shy for the BBQ.

Now ONLY a cob could do that, and have to be wedged back out by three burly men. Taking a good half hour.
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I love this ^^^^^

I have a cob that can reverse at speed out of the tiny feed room when he hears my voice.
Have almost needed to give oxygen to the hapless squashed helper who had the misfortune to be dragged in with him once.

The difference between TB's and cobs is, on seeing a new object, the TB will ask, 'Will it kill me ?' while the cob will wonder 'can I eat it ?'
 
I want to own a cob because I've never owned a horse before but have ridden many different types and like some others have mentioned, I want a horse that is motivated by food, which makes them easy to catch and reward, as well not being scared if one leaf rustles more than another in a gentle breeze, or if there's a twig in the grass, or they spot a flock of sheep, despite them having been raised on a farm with sheep, which all the other breeds of horse I've ridden have failed at accepting and freaked out for! That's not my idea of fun oddly enough! I'd like to make it into my dotage without being crippled because some highly strung prancy nut job thought the breeze was too strong!

So it'll be a cob for me! Besides, I like horses with a bit of meat on them, something to really pat and give a good scratch to! :)
 
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I love this ^^^^^

The difference between TB's and cobs is, on seeing a new object, the TB will ask, 'Will it kill me ?' while the cob will wonder 'can I eat it ?'
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LOL. So true.. and a Welsh cob would say 'let me play with it first... then can I eat it'
 
"I've never owned a horse before- I want a horse that is motivated by food, which makes them easy to catch and reward, as well not being scared if one leaf rustles more than another in a gentle breeze, or if there's a twig in the grass, or they spot a flock of sheep, despite them having been raised on a farm with sheep"

Cob or TB or Warmblood or donkey or mule - any equide, maybe zebras too - And you think that all of the above will apply? They are all different:- colour, coat, body, 'horse'anility, ability, manners. If you want only the 'good' things then you could be looking for some time for perfection what ever you choose! Best of Luck.
 
How many pages? And really everyone has missed the point that a Cob is not a breed but a type, along with Hack, Show pony, Show jumper, Hunter, race horse and polo pony ( or so my Guide to the Horses of the World tells me!) Having owned a selection of breeds of horse I now find myself ( not entirely by choice) with an Irish Dales. Lots of horse, lots of hair, strong, fast, stupid, skittish - in fact all the qualities that I have had in other breeds. The one extraordinary thing about this chap is that I have regularly been stopped by passing pedestrians and car drivers to be told how magnificent a horse he is and asked what sort is he (usual reply to that is 'Fat and Hairy'). But no fellow rider on a glass legged TB or other thinner model has even said he's nice. Is this I wonder a case of those on thinner and taller horses looking down on the fat and short?!
And by the way, the little book tells me that 'the cob is generally thought of as a perfect ride for the elderly and the obese'...... there, that's fodder for you anti-cob people to chew on! Careful, though, we don't need a weightist or ageist rant here, now do we?
 
ellerslie83 said:
I want a horse that is motivated by food, which makes them easy to catch and reward, as well not being scared if one leaf rustles more than another in a gentle breeze, or if there's a twig in the grass, or they spot a flock of sheep, despite them having been raised on a farm with sheep, which all the other breeds of horse I've ridden have failed at accepting and freaked out for! That's not my idea of fun oddly enough! I'd like to make it into my dotage without being crippled because some highly strung prancy nut job thought the breeze was too strong!
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That made me giggle as its just completely back to front for me :D, Id much rather ride my safe sane Sport Horse than the highly strung fancy prancy nut job cob I used to ride for someone :D
It was always a relief to get back on something less hysterical :p
 
My cob, bombproof though she usually is, goes prancy and hysterical if she sees/hears a donkey :D
I kid you not - I have to spell the word out, cos if I say 'donkey' she starts seeing imaginary ones behind every tree/parked car. Makes me pmsl :D
 
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