Got up at 5:30 this morning as usual. Came downstairs, went through the laundry room and into the garage to let the Beagles out. Opened the garage door, and there stood a Cow Moose and calf, not 10 feet from the door. Bert, the aggressive one, does not like anything in his territory. Ernie the passive one usually follows Berts lead to chase away intruders. Both were on the attack mode before I even knew what was happening. The door was only half way up when they shot out after something. At this point I did not know what was going on, I still had not seen the Moose. Earnie grabbed the calf by the heels, that started the ruckus. The cow turned and went after Ernie. Ernie seeing the cow coming after him, turned and ran back into the garage. Seeing an angry cow coming at me, I jumped back up the steps and into the laundry room slamming the door. I was leaning on the door thinking "Ernie, your on your own this time". I heard a big crash, Ernie yelp, then it got quite in the garage. I thought she might have gotten Ernie. I could hear Bert still barking out in the yard. I peeked out into the garage and it was empty of animals, so I went out to see what the damage was. My reloading bench was knocked over and reloading supplies and powder was scattered around. But the commotion was moving away from the house. I went to the door and looked down the drive. Both Beagles were after the cow and calf. Everytime she would go after one the other one would grab her heels. I yelled at them, but they ignored me. Then they all disappeared going down the street.
My neighbor Russ was going out to get into his truck when they chased her into his drive. He said he thought he was going to get run over by the cow. He quickly jumped into his truck. Then the cow ran past his truck, around his house and out into his pond. At this point Russ said the dogs looked pleased, stood and watcher her for a moment then trotted back toward home.
The only loss was a container of Unique powder. Powder was scattered over everything and the empty paper container was up on top of my gun vault. The old sterio I keep on top of the vault had been moved about 4 inches, another 4 inches and it would have fallen. I had been sorting brass the night before and that brass had been scattered around the floor. Luckily I had placed my electronic scales up on a shelf the night before, and they were safe. Nothing else was in the garage at that time. Vehicles were outside.
