I stayed at the ranch with friends, they took Chris Cox’s horsemanship class, I did not. Food was good, cook is personable and accommodating, wait staff pleasant, particularly Brynn. Riding was ok, it was nice how most of the wranglers did their best to take care of you. The older ones were better than the college age kids, who all acted like they would rather be anywhere but helping me. Cabin was comfortable...if pretty basic, not as clean as it should have been. Chris Cox May be a legendary horseman but he is a terrible host (unless, I suppose, you are a friend. He seemed to be plenty amiable to his friends that were there). His wife made an appearance the first night, never to be seen again. The worst part of the stay, the thing that ruined the trip for me? During the “friendly” softball game, which was umpired by Chris Cox, his dog bit me. He knew the dog would bite because during his opening monolog he warned everyone not to touch the dog, WHICH I ADHERED TO. After I was bitten Chris Cox then shocked the dog with a collar the dog wore all the time and beat him (dog) with a rope. THAT was the absolute worst part for me. I feel that “correction” was cruel, inappropriate and unnecessary. I work with dogs for a living and would NOT have treated one in my care that way. To add insult to injury, I did not get any sort of apology, as a matter of fact Chris avoided me the rest of my stay there. His office manager took pictures of the bite and said it was not a bite but a scrape. Bullish—! I know a bite when I get one. They would not provide me with a copy of the dog’s rabies immunization record and when I asked for compensation for the medical care I had to receive they referred me to their attorney. So......I would find it difficult to stay again at an establishment that has so little regard for his patrons, owned by someone with as little honor as Chris Cox has.
