Missy is a 22 yr old quarter horse mare who while being at our facility the past twelve years, has had 3 teenage owners out grow her. The last one just left her here and rather than place her with “another” new owner, we have adopted her and Exodus will be her life long home. Those children who have lived in split homes or had multiple foster homes especially relate to this mare. Many times I have watched from a distance as she has silently listened to their heartaches. Before being a part of our family, Missy’s previous owners were more interested in performance than relationship and her work always made her tense, unhappy and ill behaved. All the kids and wranglers have focused on helping Missy relax and slowdown and build relationship and trust with her and that has helped her disposition greatly! She has beautiful smooth gaits but put too much pressure on her and she gets all twisted but she is extremely trustworthy! Like so many of our kids, Missy is a very complex mare but is well worth the effort to get to know and trust. As she has aged, Missy has increasing problems with arthritis in her hind quarters but we have found that regular LIGHT work as actually kept her mobile. Though she is our biggest eater on the farm, keeping her weight up is always an issue so her monthly upkeep is always more than the rest of our gang!!