Why do people want to own cobs?

My family are conoisseurs of the labrador world - ridiculous mother has six. I also have a cob. I also caught me some big ol' fishy here tonight :)
 
I can't be bothered to troll back through 2k posts, but has it occurred to anyone yet, that the horses with huge round arses are mostly owned by girls of a similar stature? Just a thought.......... :p;)

Alec.
 
JFTD said:
And fat people who need a fat arsed horse to visually counteract the size of their own ;)
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Alec Swan said:
I can't be bothered to troll back through 2k posts, but has it occurred to anyone yet, that the horses with huge round arses are mostly owned by girls of a similar stature? Just a thought.......... :p;)

Alec.
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Sorry Alec, but that observation is my intellectual property :mad:


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Alec Swan said:
I can't be bothered to troll back through 2k posts, but has it occurred to anyone yet, that the horses with huge round arses are mostly owned by girls of a similar stature? Just a thought.......... :p;)

Alec.
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Funnily my OH has mentained that since the cob arrived......... Then the ambulance came to take him to AandE.
 
Goldenstar said:
I have a cob well two sort of but ones an ID so he calls himself a hunter now when he was 200 kilos heavier and his mane was hogged he was a cob .
Back to the cob I did not want to buy a cob but having hunted for a driving horse for ages and found nothing I viewed this cob , he was very cheap , bolsy but well broken to drive he needed a home so I thought what the hell and bought him.
Things I found out, elbow length manes choke you when cantering , easy remedy scissors then pulled , the feathers harbour mites , look ridiculous and are a totally pain unless you want to spend a lot of time grovelling on the ground with shampoo and combs given that I can barely be bothered to comb my own hair we clipped them off however we let him keep his long full silver and black tail.
We clip all year round as he has a horrible thick coat.
He walks through things like breeze block walls this was a suprise to me as the horse / JCB cross was new to me .
We taught him to jump (although backed he was really only driven ) he likes jumping he thinks it's cool, he could be used to prepare areas for the extraction of shale gas as his landing will cause minor earth quakes.
He's bold he's brave he's forward going when it suits him lazy when it suits him he regards work as amusement for him rather than a job .
He thinks he's sharp given that I am used to really sharp WBs and TB this is really quite funny .he was completly bemused when I just laughed at him .
He is brave in competition and does not give in pulling in the wet .
He loves dressage training just loves it and does a nice test.
But I have to work at loving him he's a big character but he's just not my thing sometimes I feel sorry for him his previous owner adored him here he will also be the also ran.
Why do people buy cobs I am really not sure.
Ps I have Labradors too they are nothing like cobs apart from the eating thing.
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This made me laugh.
Almost as much as I laugh at people trying to compete cobs.
It's like trying to sculpt a jelly into Rodin's Thinker, isn't it?
S :D
 
It was very funny and so true, Goldenstar.

The bit about him regarding work as an amusement for him rather than a job, struck a cord. And a wry smile.
 
Im another active disliker of cobs! Dont think I could ever own on myself they just have no natural ability for jumping (maybe some who are crossed with lighter breeds do) and they seem like the most awkward horses to ride.
And not to mention how slow they are

How did cobs even become invented, who put this plague upon us :p
 
It's all that hair that gets me! How is having lots and lots of hair a selling point:confused: and as for the ones with moustaches...ugh..shudders delicately:p
 
I'm so offended, you lot make me sick. My cob would **** all over your crappy TBs anyday. At least my cobs legs aren't likely to snap if she goes too fast or accidently trips up and at least she doesn't cost me a fortune in food because your stupid skinny things drop weight as soon as the temp drops below 15 degrees..... Absolute idiots. Cobs are amazing and you're all jealous of their paces.




Natch, will that do? ;)
 
People buy cobs for one of two reasons
1) They are fat and need something to carry them
2) or they are scared to ride something that might have a mind of its own so they buy the most braindead of all animals

hehe i love this debate :D
 
caseycat said:
Cobs are great cos you can warm your hands up in their nice thick woolly coats :-)
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On the other hand you could make a nice coat ,several pairs of gloves ,a rug, several steering wheel covers and at least ten pairs of boots from just the smallest of cobs.And you wouldnt have to keep hurling food into them.
 
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