Quzqo, Quzqo, Who's Got The Quzqo!?

Was mightily PISSED today when I discovered somebody'd "borrowed" Quzqo's halter right off the hook on his stall, GRRRGH! So I had to get my rope halter (that I keep locked away so it doesn't get borrowed) and hike out into the snow, bullied my way past a herd of horses blocking the gate, got to the gate to his pasture...where is he?? I saw one horse about 200 yards down the fenceline, but no Quz...

Now sometimes he doesn't show up very well, being white-ish with snow on the ground, but no... there was a grey horse in the next pasture, but that was Colby... I'm thinking if he died, they should have at least called me...did somebody steal him??? Halter and all!??

I turn to look around, and there's a gray horse in the pasture next to the barn...is it...?? I saw its tail was banged at the hocks, yep, it was Quz!! (I whacked his tail off this fall as it was dragging in the mud it was so long, it'll grow back by springtime). He was in the pasture with his old buddy, Bill the Paint, and Moka the boarder horse (gorgeous chocolate sorrel!), and a black Morgan-looking horse, stuffing his face with hay. Well now...o-kay.

And he was wearing his halter...which is where it'd disappeared to, ha! Normally they turn them out w/o halters, but who knows what goes on on the weekends.

I hope that's his new permanent accommodations, at least for the winter, as they built a NICE run-in shed there, and it's literally steps from the barn door!! And those are his buddies.

Had a WONDERFUL ride on him, considering I haven't ridden in two weeks. He's such a good horse, I'm lucky to have him at this time of my life.

My niece and I are planning on me giving lessons to her oldest daughter this winter, on Quz, and he'd be a perfect lesson horse. That girl has natural riding talent, but she doesn't know equitation, per se (how to post, how to cue for the canter, how to use leg pressure, how to not get
upset and cry if the horse doesn't do what you want)...we figure I can give her lessons starting at the ground floor and maybe by summer we can do some horse shows!! (she can't even do walk/trot since she doesn't know how to post). Should be fun!

Quz' stall was immaculate, fresh sawdust, hay rack filled with nice hay, grain in his bucket, his water clean and liquid (not frozen, ha ha). I put him back outside when I got done riding since it was still early, but nice to know that nice stall awaits him later today. Quite a change from Tuesday!!