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Taking your dog out on your round?

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DaveF14
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Taking your dog out on your round?

Post by DaveF14 »

Basically are posties allowed to take their dog out on your delivery?

The reason why i am asking is that i know of 2 in my office that do. They are both on rural rounds and drive a van. One goes home, collects their dog and has it in their van all day. The other leaves the office and takes thier dog from the car and into the van prior to starting their delivery? Surely this cant be allowed. And i am sure the manager knows about it.
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Re: Taking your dog out on your round?

Post by Exrep »

Well if postman pats allowed to take his cat on delivery with him whats wrong in these two posties taking there dog.

On a serious note thoe cant help you mate never heard of any one doing this before but knowing R/M there is some ancient agreement forbidding it.
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Re: Taking your dog out on your round?

Post by Stormproof »

Perhaps RM will introduce a bring your pet to work day, do I bring the dog, cats or the chickens in :hmmmm
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Re: Taking your dog out on your round?

Post by Pat Ostman »

Stormproof wrote:Perhaps RM will introduce a bring your pet to work day, do I bring the dog, cats or the chickens in :hmmmm
They'll fit in with all the untrained manager monkeys for sure.
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Re: Taking your dog out on your round?

Post by pirate »

my mate takes his dog round his walk with him, follows him round waits at gate for him ,id train it to deliver d2d if i was him. :wave
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Re: Taking your dog out on your round?

Post by DGP1 »

I thought we where all to get mules to help us carry the mail around (and also to kick anyone who would want to steal anything :crazy: ).
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Re: Taking your dog out on your round?

Post by razor »

One of the guys in our place is so slow he must take his tortoise out with him

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Re: Taking your dog out on your round?

Post by darth »

i would say purely on h&s grounds its a no no.supposing a member of public got bit by the posties dog>?always consider the worse case scenario because eventually it happens.in the environment we are in now the first opportunity to get rid of posties i wouldnt do it.
Darren Bent
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Post by Darren Bent »

One girl used to take her dog for walk on delivery round. Don't know if she still do it now.

It might not be good idea as if you seen a loose dog might cause trouble and your dog might attack the dog to defend you.

Oh a friend of mine told me a stray dog always follow him on his walk almost every day.
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Re: Taking your dog out on your round?

Post by not me »

Carew wrote:One girl used to take her dog for walk on delivery round. Don't know if she still do it now.

It might not be good idea as if you seen a loose dog might cause trouble and your dog might attack the dog to defend you.

Oh a friend of mine told me a stray dog always follow him on his walk almost every day.

one guy in our office took his dog out on a walk
dog ran in a garden and killed some kids rabbit right in front of them :shock:
anTi
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Re: Taking your dog out on your round?

Post by anTi »

One guy does it in my office, manager knows, never been a problem.
Richie89
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Re: Taking your dog out on your round?

Post by Richie89 »

My dogs 12 now, he can only just walk to the bottom of the garden, dont think he would do too well on a 3 mile round :crazy:
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Re: Taking your dog out on your round?

Post by antcpfc »

I used to about 15 years ago.I only delivered to quiet roads and she only came out on the second.She was a jack russell and was absolutely knackered by the end.Didn't do her any harm she lived to 18 years of age :Very Happy
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Re: Taking your dog out on your round?

Post by mule »

My lurcher Cassie chauffeurs me around my walk :wink:
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Re: Taking your dog out on your round?

Post by crazytaxifife »

I get cats sometimes following me on my round. Used to have a dog that would go for about a mile with me before he disappeared back home. Pl;enty people take their dogs out for walks so don't see why it should make any difference. Not as if the dog is stealing the mail!