Postmen should be issued with dog biscuits

[Regal]

I give all the dogs on my delivery winalot biscuits.
They wait for me everyday knowing their getting a treat.
Guess what - never been bit, everybodies happy. Dogs are, the owners are and i am too.
Too many miserable prats these days.

[k979aaa]

I give all the dogs on my delivery winalot biscuits.
They wait for me everyday knowing their getting a treat.
Guess what - never been bit, everybodies happy. Dogs are, the owners are and i am too.
Too many miserable prats these days.

Yes I get paid to much so I will buy the irresponsible dog owners their dogs food for them so they don't feed on me? What an idiot it's people like this why our job is so crap now no brains.

[spiderj]

Hmmmmmmm
Yum yum
Biccies for my Bovril

[k979aaa]

Hmmmmmmm
Yum yum
Biccies for my Bovril

Dog biscuits we haven't even started the strike yet? bloody hell and I thought things were bad in my office! Still we can always do as they do in Korea and eat the dog's.

[spiderj]

Need a bigger flask
Never gonnae fit a spaniel in there

[Brainache]

All issued with pepper spray would best.

[spiderj]

There's a non lethal spray called bite back
I can't for a second imagine we would be allowed to use it though
Would be handy if we could .
Bit messy legally though.
Shame

[daveyeff]

surely cant be illegal to protect ourselves

[postypie]

This story just takes the biscuit.

[spiderj]

Mention to your manager you wish to pepper spray the next dog that attacks
Watch their wee face crumple
Also check with local police
It comes under offensive weapons...almost certain it does
Scottish power were issued the bite back until recently
Genuinely wish we had something tho
Or royal mail could be more robust in sanctions against bad owners?
Just a thought

[daveyeff]

its not going to do us any good knowing that the owner of a vicious dog is in jail after its ripped you're arm off. our postman back in the 70s just used a half a hoose brick.

[biscuit1957]

This story just takes the biscuit.

Where are you taking me?

[biscuit1957]

I give all the dogs on my delivery winalot biscuits.
They wait for me everyday knowing their getting a treat.
Guess what - never been bit, everybodies happy. Dogs are, the owners are and i am too.
Too many miserable prats these days.

Could you send winnalot to my football team ?

[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

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Q: Is it good for the Postie to carry treats?

It may seem like an obvious thing to feed treats when anyone wants to make friends with a dog. But it can make the situation worse – in most cases the dogs are actually frightened of the postman and they will either refuse the treats (in which case it is pointless) or they will develop what we call a ‘conflict of emotions’ – the dog wants to go forward to get the treat, but is scared, wants the treat, is scared, treat, scared, treat, scared – this is a very uncomfortable situation emotionally.

On the rare occasion that the postman feeding your dog treats does improve their relationship your dog may well expect anybody who looks or acts like a postman to feed him/her – when no food is forthcoming then the dog will become confused or frustrated and will start to resent the stranger – certainly not conducive to a happy relationship.

It is much better that any treats or praise or comfort comes from the owner. This means that the dog is not forced to approach the scary stranger and the owner can give a reward of some type whenever the dog is not reacting adversely to another person.

However it may be useful for a postman to carry some treats with him/her – not to give to the dog – but to scatter on the ground (a little distance away from them) to try to distract a dog while they leave the premises. But do bear in mind that, if the dog is too scared, he will not be interested in the food.