AutumnEffect wrote:
forthefutureofthebreed wrote:
AutumnEffect, I'll give you another example. You own one (or two) horses or mules, correct? They are your first ones. You're all of 23 years old. At best, you haven't existed very long past childhood. It is impossible for you to have the knowledge and experience to judge and criticize someone who has many decades of knowledge and experience owning, showing, judging and breeding horses, especially a breed you are not involved with. I looked back through this thread, and I have not  posted anything about the horse in the OP. Nothing. You are not qualified to judge that person or their horses. Which is why I did not. You have not invested equal time yet. It's okay to say you don't like them or their horses, but you aren't qualified to judge or criticize that person's knowledge or the level of quality of those horses or their prospects as breeding animals. Again, which is why I did not.  You haven't lived long enough to invest equal time to earn that knowledge and experience.

I think you are getting me confused with someone else in the this thread. You can check back through - the first thing I've posted was about owning one horse. That's it. If you can find a post of mine in this thread where I said anything about the horse in the OP, please do.

And, just for arguments sake - I have more experience with mules than most people on this board regardless of their age or experience with horses. Does my age mean that my mule experience is void?
I wasn't necessarily referring to this thread, and no, I'm not confusing you with anyone else. You and I have a bit of history on this forum, don't we? I don't forget people who have criticized and attacked me or my breeding program easily.

You may have a lot of experience with mules for your age, and you may have more experience with them than most on this board, but I can guarantee you that you have not experienced a lot of things that can and will happen during your time and experience with mules. They are no different than horses in that respect. You haven't lived long enough yet. If you were 60, and successfully owned and trained mules all of your life, then you would be the 'go-to' person for me if I wanted to know about all things mules. At age 23, I'm sorry, but you wouldn't be that person, regardless of your experience so far. You haven't earned that privilege, yet. I'm sorry if that rubs you the wrong way. It is not meant to.