in this video I'm going to share with you the worst part of owning horses
picking up her head mine is there
just arrived and she's had a little green and now she's eating a horse turd
you know what if that's what she wants to eat
Missy was happy right to the end from the moment she went down she was
surrounded by friends the other horses people who loved her and she was
humanely euthanized went down very easy and was in no pain my mom really wanted
to lay Missy to rest in the same place where she was born but due to the amount
of snow that we had he was in February so due to the darkness
and how deep the frost was we were unable to dig a hole in that location so
my dad and I tried several different areas and ended up finding a place a
nice spot that was a little lower with a lot of snow over it so it was nicely
insulated we were able to break ground so she has a excellent resting place in
the pasture where she was spent her entire life
this is the first time I have ever had to help bury a horse in the middle of
winter and let me just say it was not an easy task at all Missy was born in 1982
to a little black and white grade pinto mare we had named star Missy was from
day one she was very energetic full of life sassy frisky you name it and this
horse really really loved to run and she was able to turn on a dime
she was a perfect horse for my mom to use for speed events and Missy was very
shortly winning everything that she did and her favorite thing to do was flag
picking she was so short and compact and could turn on a dime this was just the
thing that she was me to do she was great on the trail she pulled our sleigh
for many many years and I followed her when I was just real little and starting
to ride I followed her everywhere on my pony and Missy was so good to my pony
being right on her tail when I met my husband Missy was the first horse that
he really got to know well and ride a lot and we went to competitions and
trail rode together and just had a good time my mom showed Missy and everything
at her local fairs and when she got a little older some of my students started
to ride her as well Missy had one full and her name is Miss Kitty and she is
one of the most popular horses in my riding lesson program today
Miss Kitty has a lot of the same traits that Missy had and we absolutely adore
her Missy will forever be in our hearts and I'll never forget how beautiful she
was how sassy how smart how willing and and she just left a really big void in
her pasture I think my favorite memory of Missy is how her teamed with my
gelding poco how well they pulled our family sleigh and all the memories that
I had growing up with that rest in peace Missy