Posted on 06/28/2016 11:00:07 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Every dog has its day. For Terry Kasper’s mixed lab, Ella, that day came early one May morning.
“I thought my dog had an upset stomach, so about two in the morning I took her outside,” said Kasper outside his South Anchorage home Thursday afternoon.
Terry said it was last month, two days after Mother’s Day, when he took Ella out for a routine walk down Dailey Drive.
“All of a sudden, you hear the crashing right beside the house near the trees and there she is, full speed,” said Kasper.
Kasper came face to face with Alaska wildlife right in the middle of the Oceanview neighborhood; a moose.
“This cow moose comes snorting and spitting, the hair standing up and she’s charging.”
Kasper has run 26 marathons over the years, yet he knew he couldn’t outrun this moose.
“I said Ella, run!... I started to curl up into a ball to protect my head and my insides and I thought I was going to get pounded.” Kasper said.
But then Kasper says the moose took a sudden turn, Ella refused to leave her owner’s side.
“This moose is within 10 yards of me, I lost track of where she was, I thought she was out of the danger zone,” he said. “But she came back, charged that moose and chased her along the fence, that moose was going full speed along that fence."
The incident gives a whole new meaning to man’s best friend.
“That’s a devoted dog and who would have thought a shelter dog, 21 months ago would put her life on the line for me.”
Kasper rescued Ella from a Mat-Su Shelter, two years later she rescued him right back.
"...Canine Companion Saves Man From Charging Moose..."
Great story about a devoted rescue. Once we had a trainer over for our two dogs. He said our breeder dog would bark and bite if we were threatened, but that the rescue dog would “kill” for us.
On another note: I don't understand that guy's socks.
Are those even socks? I sense “leg warmers”.
Either way, dude really needs some calories in the leg area.
There is our answer. He's not a homo; he's a runner.
I wonder if its the same one that bit my sister.
I was wondering when the FReeper, whose sister was bitten by a moose, would chime in. WHEW
Haven’t all of us had a sister bitten by a moose at one time or another?
Almost as many of us as have lost our guns in boating accidents, I suspect!
I’m not the original— was shocked that no one posted it already, so I couldn’t resist.
Or his diet.
Sock sense not so much but he takes care of his dog. “two in the morning I took her outside.” Takes dedication to get up and brave the wildlife to walk the dog.
Good doggie, too.
Compression for the muscles in his calves:
http://www.tommiecopper.com/men-s-recovery-compression-calf-sleeve-2
He seems like a great guy with a wonderful dog. :)
How much was the moose charging and why couldn’t he
just return it?
Some people have no control.
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