Why do people want to own cobs?

I'm so embarrassed. My nice dressage horse has turned into a cob...
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Dare you to ride mine! He is built like a tank. Light in the mouth jumps anything and is very forward going. Cobs are intelligent and easy to keep. Each to their own. But your comment is just rude.
 
jactomtroub said:
Dare you to ride mine! He is built like a tank. Light in the mouth jumps anything and is very forward going. Cobs are intelligent and easy to keep. Each to their own. But your comment is just rude.
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And another one bites Shilasdair's bait.

I know the thread is very long, but as I recall it, even a few glances on a few pages here and there, should make it clear that this thread is not to be taken too seriously.
 
jactomtroub said:
Dare you to ride mine! He is built like a tank. Light in the mouth jumps anything and is very forward going. Cobs are intelligent and easy to keep. Each to their own. But your comment is just rude.
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Cobs ARE intelligent and easy to keep! Rather, as with most spaniels I've known, they'll do anything for food.

How do you back a cob? Attach a nose bag and hop straight on. They're unlikely to even notice :p
 
Lol, my riding school horse Alice is a cob, i would ride her every chance i get, she is very smooth, i admit shes lazy but never bites or has a moody days. But this other cob call Tilt (don't judge her name she likes to tilt her head) is insane, she bites and is overweight. It just depends how they are looked after.
 
jactomtroub said:
Dare you to ride mine! He is built like a tank. Light in the mouth jumps anything and is very forward going. Cobs are intelligent and easy to keep. Each to their own. But your comment is just rude.
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Yes - mine go forwards too! Old cobs likkle short fat hairy legs galloped him up the field toward me passing those scatty, skinny legged TBs and warmbloods that often have those funny metal plate things nailed to their hooves - must slow them down poor souls. He did know that I had carrots in my pocket though ........
Old cob is easy to keep. He eats anything - hedges, grass, hay, everyone elses feed, the neighbours wimpy WB stallion .......
Young cob is not like those flighty skinny breeds. He has seen off a cat, three dogs, a Harley Davisdon and a tractor this week (so far). Can't wait until he is fully grown - armoured vehicles will need to beware.
 
COldNag said:
How do you stop them eating for long enough to get the nosebag on?


; )
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Ah. I was so busy pondering how to stop them from going on to eat the nose bag, that I missed this crucial point! Back to ye olde carrot on a stick, then ��

(A lunging whip isn't a lunging whip when lunging cobs. It's a unique cob-lunging device, to which a carrot is attached).
 
Celtic Fringe said:
Yes - mine go forwards too! Old cobs likkle short fat hairy legs galloped him up the field toward me passing those scatty, skinny legged TBs and warmbloods that often have those funny metal plate things nailed to their hooves - must slow them down poor souls. He did know that I had carrots in my pocket though ........
Old cob is easy to keep, as is young cob. He eats anything - hedges, grass, hay, everyone elses feed, the neighbours wimpy WB stallion .......
He has polished off a cat, three dogs, a Harley Davisdon and a tractor this week (so far). Once fully grown - even armoured vehicles will need to beware.
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Corrected that post for you... :p:D
 
I'm almost ashamed to admit that the DG owns a cob, and positively embarrassed that I bought the tank of a thing for her.

What I've yet to understand is just why a barrel on legs needs THAT much food, just to maintain itself. Once huge and round and big and fat, most would think that the nutritional requirements would be minimal. My TBs never got through big bales of hay at the rate that this thing does. And to what end? A horse that could gallop for a mile? Nope.

Alec.
 
Alec Swan said:
I'm almost ashamed to admit that the DG owns a cob, and positively embarrassed that I bought the tank of a thing for her.

What I've yet to understand is just why a barrel on legs needs THAT much food, just to maintain itself. Once huge and round and big and fat, most would think that the nutritional requirements would be minimal.


Alec.
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Well we've now heard all about your wife's eating habits Alec and understand why you thought a cob would be an appropriate match for her, but what is the cob's appetite like? ;-)
 
Alec Swan said:
I'm almost ashamed to admit that the DG owns a cob, and positively embarrassed that I bought the tank of a thing for her.

What I've yet to understand is just why a barrel on legs needs THAT much food, just to maintain itself. Once huge and round and big and fat, most would think that the nutritional requirements would be minimal. My TBs never got through big bales of hay at the rate that this thing does. And to what end? A horse that could gallop for a mile? Nope.

Alec.
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This isn't true to my cob experience. She only has to look at a blade of grass, to balloon to puffer fish (or cob) proportions. She doesn't seem to need much food at all to maintain herself! She just thinks she does.

I tried putting a small meal into a small bucket, so that it would look bigger and hopefully satisfy her appetite. She promptly got her giant head stuck in it.
 
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