This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Beautiful story! I'm printing it out for my 9-year-old adventure-loving son to take to class.
Barbara Lyn--in rural Western New York where coyote's howling is the wildest noise around. On Wed, 09 Dec 1998, Jean Ernest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >This message is from: Jean Ernest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >I went out to feed the horses this morning and found a bunch of fresh moose >tracks. Well, that's pretty common in the winter here, but I was real >cautious when I walked down to the road to get the paper. Came back in the >house and forgot about seeing the tracks. > >A couple hours later I was getting ready to go into town to work out at the >gym, and roused the 15 year old little Siberian husky to put her out on her >rope (she's deaf and wanders) to go potty, forgetting to check for moose. >A couple minutes later I heard a lot of yelps and commotion and opened the >door to find a cow and calf moose standing over my poor old dog who was >whining and lying there in the snow. > > I yelled and the moose started to move away, but the dog's rope was looped >around the hind leg of one of the moose and it was dragging her along with >them. I thought she was done for, when I saw that, but the moose got its >leg loose after a couple of yards and moved away to stand on the bank >behind the house, only 15 -20 feet away, where they stopped to look at me. >By this time I was jumping up and down on the porch madly waving my gym bag >and shouting at the moose. I couldn't safely get to my dog and they weren't >moving. Finally after a lot more aerobics on my part and heaving a piece >of firewood toward them they moved off into the woods. > >I picked up my poor old dog thinking I'd better head for the vet, and took >her into the house. To my relief her tail started to wag and she wanted to >get down on her feet and with some support was able to walk, miraculously >there were no broken bones. > >I gave her some "Rescue Remedy" a Bach Flower homeopathic remedy that calms >and some "Traumeel" homeopathic remedy for traumatic injuries. This stuff >really works as I have used it after a bad fall off my horse, with the >result I didn't hurt in my neck and shoulders at all after going over his >head when he stumbled. > >Anyway, I stayed home for about an hour to observe her and she is stiff and >sore but seems to be doing OK. > >When I went out to feed the horses their lunch before leaving, I saw that >the Moose had been in the hay barn, which is only about 100 feet away from >the porch. I should have looked! And I certainly WILL look around before I >venture out next time. They had dragged a bale of hay off the stack; >conveniently it was one I had set aside as it looked like it would be moldy >or dusty. Maybe I'll leave it out for them. > >Moose hang around here each winter. The horses are not too scared of them, >so long as they don't jump INTO their corral! so far this hasn't happened >here, but other horse owners have had moose get into the pens, or tear up >the electric fencing, one reason I have wooden rails, in addition to >electric fence. In heavy snow years, moose can be a real hazard to people >as well as dogs! > >Jean in Fairbanks, Alaska, where the moose and the wolfies do roam. >winding down to the shortest day. sun comes up at 10:40 am, goes down at >2:40 pm >****************************************************************** >Jean Ernest >Fairbanks, Alaska >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >
