Somerset Street Boycotted By Royal Mail After Dog Bite

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A dog owner is feeling alienated from his neighbours after Royal Mail took the decision to stop delivering mail to his street after his Terrier dog allegedly bit a postal... Read more »Source: DogMagazine.net - the K9 Magazine blog

Somerset Street Boycotted By Royal Mail After Dog Bite



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[zetstaff]

Originally Posted by GSDOWNER

A dog owner is feeling alienated from his neighbours after Royal Mail took the decision to stop delivering mail to his street after his Terrier dog allegedly bit a postal... Read more »Source: DogMagazine.net - the K9 Magazine blog

Somerset Street Boycotted By Royal Mail After Dog Bite



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Eeeeh these bloody terrier owners

[Stuart]

As a Postie, this is what I think.

This is quite a new thing, there was a time when if something like this happened only the `offending` houshold would be effected, but recently Royal Mail has made a rulling that says if a dog is loose in a street then the Postie is at risk anywhere along that street.

This is why the artical said that at first the household had their mail suspended but not the rest of the street, only after the second attack [ since the new ruleing came into effect ] was the whole street affected

The new rule also says that it would effect a street where any dog is out and loose even if you have known that dog to be friendly for years.

Many dogs will target Posties because a Postie infringes on what the dog thinks is their territory,..it is ok for people like us who are in the main `doggy people` who can judge what a dog is about,.. but can be different for some others

We have one street [ not on my run ] close by that has two German Shepherds, one of which has bitten more than once when in the street, so far no addresses have been suspended because the Postie is carefull,... but if a complaint was to be made the whole street wouldnt get mail because its not fair that a Postie has to run the risk of being attacted

On my run I have seven houses that are on the sea`s edge, there are no gardens at all, and no bounderies between house,..and there are eight dogs in that row, all of which come barking at me as a pack everyday,..personaly I have no problem with them, but officialy I shouldnt be delivering there.

In a world where `health and Safety` has gone mad, I can see the point, I am sure the Postie that got mauled by two Rotties last year can see the point,... but on the other hand, this thing about everyone suffering for one household is wrong,.. I would have thought a far better way would be to do something about either the dog or the owners of the dog,..only

The law is too relaxed, there should never be dogs roaming the streets anyway, and owners of risky dogs should either restrain their dogs or put a mail box outwith the dogs reach,..its easy enough to do... a far better way than us Posties having to rely on rattleing the front gate to see if a dog appears from around the side

[Nanny Ogg]

Heh, some terriers (mostly JRT) are boycotted from my business too, neurotic little shites. They're ok for the owner, but a bloody nuisance for anyone else.

Let's turn it round like this...

A dog owner is feeling alienated from his neighbours after Royal Mail took the decision to stop delivering mail to his street after his Alsation dog allegedly bit a postal worker.

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Mr Hill admitted his dog Milly had attacked a postal worker on two occasions.

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The first occasion was around six months ago and happened in the garden of his home. At that time, postal deliveries to his address were suspended.

He admitted Milly again attacked a postal worker on December 10

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A spokeswoman for Royal Mail said deliveries to 19 homes in Wentworth Road were reinstated on Tuesday after Mr Hill had agreed measures to restrain Milly. Deliveries to Mr Hill's home remain suspended.

The spokeswoman said: "The resident has agreed measures to keep his dog under stricter control after it attacked and bit one of our postmen when it was running loose in the area.

I bet the terrier owner would be the first person to agree that the posties don't have to go down that street cos of the aggressive dog running round on the loose. Why should it be any different when the dog is only 1 foot high and (probably) a mental little headcase!!

[LOVEGSD]

Originally Posted by zetstaff

Eeeeh these bloody terrier owners

[LOVEGSD]

Originally Posted by Nanny Ogg

Heh, some terriers (mostly JRT) are boycotted from my business too, neurotic little shites. They're ok for the owner, but a bloody nuisance for anyone else.

Let's turn it round like this...



I bet the terrier owner would be the first person to agree that the posties don't have to go down that street cos of the aggressive dog running round on the loose. Why should it be any different when the dog is only 1 foot high and (probably) a mental little headcase!!

That's a good point

[sami]

My husband is a postie also and is obviously used to handling large dogs yet he has still been bitten 3 times in the last 5 years. When he has been bitten as you would expect a doggie person to be he is furious with the owner. He does a rural round like Stuarts (not that rural though!!) and has several farms etc where dogs are running loose. He knows which ones he can trust and which he cant, one farm he peeps his horn outside and the guy comes out to get the mail. He also shouldnt really deliver to any of these.

He had one place where he was bitten once and "run" a second time by the same dog but didnt want to make a formal complaint because he knew all that would happen is the dog would be either tied up or dumped.

I dont think its fair that a person who is doing his job should be put at risk of being bitten, even if it is a yorkshire terrier!!

Having said that I fell about laughing when he came home the last time to say he had been bitten by a poodle!!! He quickly added that it was a standard poodle but I still thought it was funny.

Tracy

[LOVEGSD]

Originally Posted by sami

My husband is a postie also and is obviously used to handling large dogs yet he has still been bitten 3 times in the last 5 years. When he has been bitten as you would expect a doggie person to be he is furious with the owner. He does a rural round like Stuarts (not that rural though!!) and has several farms etc where dogs are running loose. He knows which ones he can trust and which he cant, one farm he peeps his horn outside and the guy comes out to get the mail. He also shouldnt really deliver to any of these.

He had one place where he was bitten once and "run" a second time by the same dog but didnt want to make a formal complaint because he knew all that would happen is the dog would be either tied up or dumped.

I dont think its fair that a person who is doing his job should be put at risk of being bitten, even if it is a yorkshire terrier!!

Having said that I fell about laughing when he came home the last time to say he had been bitten by a poodle!!! He quickly added that it was a standard poodle but I still thought it was funny.

Tracy

I did really laugh at that last bit, glad to see you are a supporting wife

[gloriab]

Originally Posted by Stuart

the law is too relaxed, there should never be dogs roaming the streets anyway, and owners of risky dogs should either restrain their dogs or put a mail box outwith the dogs reach,..its easy enough to do... a far better way than us Posties having to rely on rattleing the front gate to see if a dog appears from around the side

Absolutely agree with you Stuart - not only for posties but for all of us... what about kids on their way to school ...... pensioners going out ..... etc

You see on films that in US, each house has a mailbox at the garden's end on the street - that could work (as long as no louts about !! ) ... and would be less walking for postie too

[sami]

I too think everyone with a dog SHOULD have a postbox on the edge of their property.

And Lynn of course I am the model supportive wife !!!! i just asked if if the dog had ripped his trousers!!

Tracy