htobago
Well-Known Member
dozziesmummy I do take your point - and thank you for putting it so tactfully and pleasantly: a textbook example of how to make a point without causing offence.
I suppose that's what I was trying to say - much less eloquently! - when I said that anything nice/happy that I post about my boy could be seen as 'promotion', even if it isn't intended that way.
Same as any of the stud-owners on here posting photos of their foals (almost all of which are for sale) or their stallions (who are at stud) could be seen as promotion/advertising.
But it seems to me (correct me if I'm wrong!) that this is a very friendly forum, and there is a tacit understanding amongst ourselves that posting photos of our horses (whether they be stallions, mares or foals) and proudly giving news of their achievements is OK, and is not regarded as promotion or advertising - even if very occasionally one of us does buy a foal from another, or send a mare to their stallion.
The latter is less likely to happen in my case than almost any other stallion-owner on here, as you rightly pointed out that there are no other Arab-breeders on here! If I wanted to promote him, I would not choose a forum devoted almost entirely to WB and TB sport horses!!! Trying to promote Tobago on here would be like Ken trying to promote his clients' stallions on Arabian Lines!!!
Speaking of which - Ken I'm afraid there is really no comparison between us. You sell semen. To make money, as a business. The stallions you represent are not your pets or your friends - they are money-making products, and promoting them is your livelihood. That is fine, and you are a very good and successful salesman. But when I post on here, my motives as a one-horse hobby-owner who is not in this for money are very different from yours. Please try to understand that - everyone else does.
I suppose that's what I was trying to say - much less eloquently! - when I said that anything nice/happy that I post about my boy could be seen as 'promotion', even if it isn't intended that way.
Same as any of the stud-owners on here posting photos of their foals (almost all of which are for sale) or their stallions (who are at stud) could be seen as promotion/advertising.
But it seems to me (correct me if I'm wrong!) that this is a very friendly forum, and there is a tacit understanding amongst ourselves that posting photos of our horses (whether they be stallions, mares or foals) and proudly giving news of their achievements is OK, and is not regarded as promotion or advertising - even if very occasionally one of us does buy a foal from another, or send a mare to their stallion.
The latter is less likely to happen in my case than almost any other stallion-owner on here, as you rightly pointed out that there are no other Arab-breeders on here! If I wanted to promote him, I would not choose a forum devoted almost entirely to WB and TB sport horses!!! Trying to promote Tobago on here would be like Ken trying to promote his clients' stallions on Arabian Lines!!!
Speaking of which - Ken I'm afraid there is really no comparison between us. You sell semen. To make money, as a business. The stallions you represent are not your pets or your friends - they are money-making products, and promoting them is your livelihood. That is fine, and you are a very good and successful salesman. But when I post on here, my motives as a one-horse hobby-owner who is not in this for money are very different from yours. Please try to understand that - everyone else does.
