Why do people want to own cobs?

Won't somebody think of the poor cob owners at Christmas - fat horses hogging down on mountains of hay, while their poor impoverished owners sit down to their Christmas dinner of beans on toast in their dark, cold houses where they can't even afford to put on the heating...
in the olden days the farmers lived above the cows..........split level housing again might be the answer..........hairy hot air below rising whilst you eat your beans!
 
It's not a good time to ask. Bucket-footed cob may have done a tendon and the vet is struggling to get good enough scans because of the excess hairiness and thick skin - he is very nice but he does keep saying it would be much easier with a TB...

I, on the other hand, am worried that bucket-footed cob may be out of action for a long time or, worse, unable to bravely lead "normal horses" through the doom that is water. or even worse, not come home after surgery to gurn and lick my coat. :(
 
Won't somebody think of the poor cob owners at Christmas - fat horses hogging down on mountains of hay, while their poor impoverished owners sit down to their Christmas dinner of beans on toast in their dark, cold houses where they can't even afford to put on the heating...
If the bean crops fail at least the cob meat will see them through the year;)
 
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