Unasked for Advice On (Name Any Horse Subject)

Okay, I'm seriously getting a little fed up with unasked for advice or remarks.

As you well know (well, my older readers will know this), I'm from the old horsemanship school and like it just fine. So, 'back in the day', when a friend brought a new horse home, you went to look at it but you kept your mouth shut about the new horse's confo or color or training. Only if the owner asked what you thought, did you mention what you thought. Even at that, you held back from all you thought. It wasn't your horse and it was better to mention whatever good points the horse had and let it go.

Welp...nowadays, if you buy a horse and invite someone to take a peek, it seems they will tell you everything wrong with the horse's confo and all the other stuff I mentioned above. Tell me, did anyone ASK for your comment?? So, why is it mentioned then? But that seems the norm nowadays.

I've been around enough that even if I see a horse that a committee put together, I do know there are some horses who can overcome bad confo (an example) and do a decent job, even beating better horses in the showring. I know, I've done it. I've had almost great halter horses under my saddle and they couldn't get out of their own way.

Of course, you want a correct as possible confo horse for your discipline but you have to look beyond that sometimes and can see a good horse in a less than perfect shell. If you ask someone to comment, then be prepared but it annoys me no end to hear someone rip a horse with unasked-for comments.

Been annoyed about this for quite some time... :-)