Postmen should be issued with dog biscuits

[TrueBlueTerrier]

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It is generally recognised the lovely postal workers who deliver our letters every day are very vulnerable to attacks by dogs.

I hope they saw the recent TV programme on dogs.

The postman on his daily round is besieged by the friendliest dogs.

He carries a packet of dog biscuits in his bag and offers a handful to the expectant hounds. These should be an obligatory requisite for every postman to carry, issued by their local office.

This would constitute a considerable saving to the NHS, protecting their fragile resources attending to the bloodied and injured post personnel.

I offer a local example. The gentleman who obligingly delivers my medication from the health centre always carries a supply of dog biscuits and our dog always awaits his visits with enthusiastic anticipation – more than I do for my routine tablets!

Robin Parker

St Chad’s Avenue, Chatburn

[hans solo]

some of our guys would eat them themselves i am not kidding

[fishtank]

Probably the dumbest advice I've heard.

[DB1100]

some of our guys would eat them themselves i am not kidding

We used to use bonio's as emergency rations in the Army.

[daveyeff]

there is a bastad hound on mine (cross between a pitbull & a gaffer) and it would take you're arm off if you offered it biscuits/chewsticks. a chainmail suit would be more appropriate.

[clashcityrocker]

What if you gave the dog some biscuits and it had an allergic reaction?
Who would be held responsible?

[fishtank]

What if you gave the dog some biscuits and it had an allergic reaction?
Who would be held responsible?

I know someone who fed biscuits to the dogs on his round,One day one of the dogs jumped the fence and ran across the road to get its treat,when I say ran across the road I mean it got half way across and was dragged 20 yards up the road under the wheels of a car.

[chrisj]

I thought one of the guys featured on the courier with massive wounds and unable to work again was actually friendly with the dog that eventually bit...

I am not certain whether he used to pat the dog or feed him or both.

Stupid Stupid! Some of the dog that have killed recently were not exactly starved of food or love.

Animals should not be messed with unless they are yours. And even so, extreme caution at all times and get a cat or a birdie or even better a goldfish.

[k979aaa]

I just feed the bloody things with 100% cocoa mass chocolate works a treat every time!

[chelseachris]

I just feed the bloody things with 100% cocoa mass chocolate works a treat every time!

So would mince steak and ground glass

[Wessex]

Woe betide the reserve postman who doesn't have Tyson's treat.This happened to me and it wasn't funny,little did I know that the dog that was about the size of a horse had been thrown diversionary titbits by the previous postie whilst he delivered the post.I think it's a stupid idea.

[R@YAL F@IL]

Director of Biscuits job being advertised soon I guess by Royal Mail, then a Quality Control Manager, then. Area Biscuit Manager, Office Biscuit Manager and then a Line Biscuit Manager

[biscuit1957]

How about carrying a gun,or more sensibly the owner to be sent to prison and made to pay the postmans wages

[biscuit1957]

How about carrying a gun,or more sensibly the owner to be sent to prison and made to pay the postmans wages

Why do people want to use me as bait?

[DGP1]

Nobody will be giving my dogs biscuits, that's my job to give them treats not some random postie.