Why do people want to own cobs?

We own a cob, or to be truthful, the DG does. Never have I met such an ignorant pig when one's on the ground. He will walk through and over you, if he's brought in and his food isn't waiting for him the expensive and purpose built stables physically move. I have to stand at the grill and prevent him barging and leaning on the door, clattering on it with his dinner plate sized feat, because it won't put up with much more of his treatment.

She leads him in and out on a chifney, …….. he's a cob FFS, and that's all. His only saving grace is that when ridden and under saddle he's as well behaved as any horse and he has real presence. The other point of course, is that she adores him.

When his time comes to go to the great big paddock in the sky, the vet needn't think that he's getting the job, it'll be me who shoots the bloody thing, I've been waiting long enough! :D

Alec.
 
Alec Swan said:
We own a cob, or to be truthful, the DG does. Never have I met such an ignorant pig when one's on the ground. He will walk through and over you, if he's brought in and his food isn't waiting for him the expensive and purpose built stables physically move. I have to stand at the grill and prevent him barging and leaning on the door, clattering on it with his dinner plate sized feat, because it won't put up with much more of his treatment.

She leads him in and out on a chifney, …….. he's a cob FFS, and that's all. His only saving grace is that when ridden and under saddle he's as well behaved as any horse and he has real presence. The other point of course, is that she adores him.

When his time comes to go to the great big paddock in the sky, the vet needn't think that he's getting the job, it'll be me who shoots the bloody thing, I've been waiting long enough! :D

Alec.
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When I saw that you were the last poster, Alec, I just knew it would be something outrageous. You didn't disappoint 😂
 
Alec Swan said:
We own a cob, or to be truthful, the DG does. Never have I met such an ignorant pig when one's on the ground. He will walk through and over you, if he's brought in and his food isn't waiting for him the expensive and purpose built stables physically move. I have to stand at the grill and prevent him barging and leaning on the door, clattering on it with his dinner plate sized feat, because it won't put up with much more of his treatment.

She leads him in and out on a chifney, …….. he's a cob FFS, and that's all. His only saving grace is that when ridden and under saddle he's as well behaved as any horse and he has real presence. The other point of course, is that she adores him.

When his time comes to go to the great big paddock in the sky, the vet needn't think that he's getting the job, it'll be me who shoots the bloody thing, I've been waiting long enough! :D

Alec.
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Surely you could instill some manners in one wee cob Alec?
 
cobgoblin said:
Surely you could instill some manners in one wee cob Alec?
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What ever I achieve, the DG undoes. It's mostly food related, when we turn up in the morning and he's 'in', there's a mad dash to the feed room to get his feed in front of him before the door gives way. When anyone leads him through 4' gate you take your life in your hands, the elephant'll cart and trample you, given half a chance. Why she feeds the fat pig is beyond me, he certainly doesn't need it. When we go to the field to bring him in, he'll chase the other poor little angelic pony across the field just so that she can't be caught, the poor wee thing's terrified of him.

'Why do people want to own cobs'? A good question. I've never dealt with any horse quite like this bloody horrible thing.

Alec.
 
Have we had Beverly Hills Cob?

Kindergarten Cob- (In which a cob teaches cob foals the art of fence destruction in search of food).

Life of Pi-ebald.
Cob is shipwrecked and ends up in lifeboat with a tiger. Eats tiger.
 
At last I thought of one.Summer Cobbyday. A group of youngsters go off in a wagon, find some friends and all end up having a blast on the beach with sunshine and blue skies.
 
*sigh* The ONLY sane reason to have a cob is to get you from A to B in mud and bad weather when you need to transport a pig carcass, without spending too much on food. (Theirs, not yours or the pig's).

Aside from that, they're a great source of protein and fat for when the weather closes in ...

Confession:
Yes, I have owned c088s. And in the spirit of the time of year:

Cobs: a why reply.

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
If you need to know why,
I'm not right for you.


Now bog off and get me some hay.
 
the a-z of cobs
A is for always eating
B is for battering through stuff
C is for crunching carrots
D is for destroying stuff
E is for everyone wants to own one,
F is for feathers, long and lush
G is for grass, they eat fields of the stuff
H is for hardyIi is for ingenious, they always find food ;)
J is for jiving
K is for kicking
L is for lovely
M is for molasses
N is for nothing will stop them getting to feed
O is for oats
P is for piebald
Q is for quiet
R is for roaching
S is for skewbald
T is for turnout
U is for underrated
V is for V.M.D they hardly need to see
W is for walking
X is for...Sorry no idea!
Y is for yearling
Z is for... Again no idea!
 
Dirty Hairy,a film about a no nonsense new York cob cop.And of course "Gone in 60 seconds" a film about the eating habits of cobs( with Cobbert Duval). Another great cob film is the uncatchables ,starring Kevin Cobstner trying to bring down shetland organised crime .
 
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