BEHS 1127 – Maisy
| Name: Maisy | Status:
Adopted |
| Adoption Fee: | Arrived At Rescue: March 8, 2020 |
| Location: Georgetown, TX | Adoption Date: August 30, 2022 |
| Registered: | Breed:
Grade Quarter Horse |
| Date of Birth: January 1, 2005 | Color:
Palomino |
| Gender:
Female Mare |
Height: 16 |
About Maisy
Maisy was surrendered when her owner was investigated for neglect. When she arrived, she was emaciated and lethargic. But with good food and care, she recovered. She is a sweet mare who loves attention, is in the upper half of the herd in hierarchy but never starts arguments. She does equally well in a stall and in pasture. She really wants a person of her own to love. Her foster home says she’s one of the happiest horses she’s fostered: her ears are always up and she’s always glad to see you. While she loves her food, she’s equally happy to get pet and get attention.
Maisy has scars on both back legs – it looks like maybe she was once caught in a fence or wire. They don’t appear to bother her and she’s been sound in pasture, on the longe line, worked in the round pen, etc.
Maisy was adopted in 2020 but returned in 2021 after her adopter died.
You can follow Maisy and Lisa on their Facebook page CLICK HERE
Evaluation and Training
Maisy is a sweet horse and has so much potential! She’s good to catch, lead, and tie. She is good for grooming and fly spray. You can hose her off, but she does want to move around while you are doing it. Maisy longes well at a walk, trot, and canter – in fact, she responds to the verbal cue “walk” to walk and trots and canters well. She also knows how to line drive and her foster home thinks it wouldn’t take much work to train her to pull a cart! She stands well for mounting and doesn’t mind you sitting on her back. However, when you ask her to move off (by squeezing your legs, kicking, or clucking), she doesn’t move. She’s not tense or worried, and she will move if someone leads you.
Her foster home believes she was probably once well trained but may not have been ridden in quite some time, or perhaps she was ridden only by kids or someone with help. She doesn’t think it’ll take much to bring Maisy back to work
Maisy’s only problem is that she does not like having her feet handled. Her foster home has been clicker training her to pick up her feet when she’s tapped on the leg and hears the word ‘up’. She will now pick up both front feet and hold them up for a few seconds, and her foster home is working to increase the time she holds them up. She’s not as good on her back legs yet, but they’re working on that now.
Maisy is competing in the In-Hand Division of the Bluebonnet Rescue Horse Training Challenge with Lisa Nicholas. Maisy will be available for adoption at the Training Challenge competition on October 8, 2022 during the Bluebonnet Horse Expo at the Williamson County Expo Center.
Temperament
| Trailers: Yes | Bucks: No |
| Leads: Yes | Bites: No |
| Ties: Yes | Catches: Yes |
| Trims: Learning | Bathes: Unknown |
| Clips: Yes | Rears: No |
| Kicks: No |
Pictures of Maisy
