Pet owners know that playing with cats and dogs can be therapeutic and leaves them feeling happy, but it turns out, spending time with one barnyard animal can be really relaxing, too. At Mountain Horse Farm, a luxurious bed and breakfast in upstate New York, they now offer visitors the chance to cuddle with cows.
Suzanne Vullers, owner of the Finger Lakes region farm, says the 33-acre ranch had been offering therapeutic interactions between horses and guests, but after a trip to her home country, the Netherlands, she learned about cow cuddling and decided to add it. “We felt it would be an amazing addition to the wellness work we were already doing,” she explains.
Now visitors can book a cuddle sesh with the farm’s two cows, Bonnie and Bella, for $75 an hour. The cows are known to love a snuggle, but they’re also free to roam around during the “Cow Experience.” Vullers says guests are surprised by how “smart and funny” the cows are and that connecting with them is as much their choice as it is the human’s. She says, “When that connection happens it's magical because it comes from a mutual desire."
Source:Insider