Bill and Juanita, owners of Allenspark Lodge B&B, are living their dream...

running a successful business and riding as often as possible.



Saturday, August 13, 2011

Again?!

Just came in from feeding and yes, I checked the fence line, and yes, it was broken again.  This time I DID get the camera and a ruler to measure the foot print from last night.  I also collected a wrangler from the livery on the way, to get his ideas.  He agreed that it was a definitely large animal; the print was more than six inches across, a good six inches deep in the mud and had a split hoof.  His guess was moose, also, and to add to that, today a moose cow and two calves were spotted up at the pond by one of their rides.

The wrangler was able to track it further into the grass to see how it left the scene of its wreckage.  Tomorrow, Beel and GunDiva will be going riding and I bet everyone can guess where they will be headed!
Juanita

5 comments:

  1. 3 moose came through my pasture once and scared the bajeebers out of my horses! There was running and flying hoofies everywhere!! When all was said and done* (*moose gone/sweaty gasping wide eyed horses staring at me with a "what the he** was that?expression) - there was a broken fence too.
    Good luck!

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  2. Gee, Deanna, you got to see your moose (a little jealousy here)!
    Juanita

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  3. Ironically, a moose (or meese) were the only animals we didn't get to see at our jaunt to a nature preserve last week.

    And I'm cracking up at the "DARE" ruler - flashbacks!

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  4. Yeah, a moose would scare our horses. One year there was one wandering around, but he didn't make it into our pastures. Did they find it (them) on their ride?

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  5. Juanita- I'm not sure if I hope you get to see your mooses or not! It can cause quite a stir!
    ;-)

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