AutumnEffect wrote:
Melyni wrote:


It means that someone who has only ever had one horse just does not have the experience as compared with say, someone on their 30th or 40th horse.





While I do see what you are saying, I don't see how getting a different horse every 6 months is better than owning one horse for a long time. Lessons, of course, are not included in this.

And somehow, I don't think a 20 year old who has gone through 30 horses has that much more experience than someone who has gone through maybe two or three. IMO, going through 30 horses so quickly means there is a problem (usually with the owner/rider).

And who said that you had to have them one at a time? See that's a classic example of how lack of experience limits your understanding of how the horse world operates or how people and horses interract.
      It isn't necessary to own each one, you just have to be the person taking care of them to get the experience. My current barn houses 56 horses, I have run barns with up to 70 at at time. Lesson barns, boarding barns, college programs, competition barns, etc. etc.  And had to deal with a lot of different horse situations in all of that.
   My oldest horse is in her 20's and she's been with me since she was 3 yrs old. 
   When you have more experience and training you will see how things really are.  And hopefully you'll be a lot less critical of others since you will by then have a clue as to  what is important and what isn't.
MW