NZ Post fed up with uncontrolled dogs
Dog owners need to take more responsibility for securing their yards and their pets after two dog attacks left posties seriously injured, New Zealand Post says.
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In Auckland, a postie was still recovering from severe lower leg injuries suffered when she was attacked by a mastiff-cross dog while delivering mail in South Auckland on August 23.
She was expected to be off work for several weeks to recover from the injuries. ACC to the rescue!
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In Whakatane another postie was hospitalised this week after she was attacked and badly bitten on the upper leg by a dog.
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Mr Nant said, in the Auckland incident, the "huge" dog attacked the postie after managing to force its way out of a property through a closed gate. MORE>>
Do NZ POST actually have a dog training session on how to avoid dogs? I mean, why don't they carry around some doggie treats and when they know that there's a dog, give 'em a treat. Better to make friends than enemies.
In Canada: No mail for derelict dog owners: Canada Post
Barking at the postman
The postman or any kind of regular deliveryman is regarded by your dog as an intruder and so it barks and is immediately rewarded by the postman going away. It thinks it has frightened off the intruder and done its duty. Talk to your postman and try to get him to cooperate. Tell him you will leave a tit-bit outside the door and ask him to push it through the letter-box before the letters. The tit-bit will be a better reward for your dog than chasing the postman away.
Someone wrote:
This reminds me of the old problem of why a dog will madly bark and even attack the postman and greet cheerfully or at least be non aggressive with other people visiting.
The answer I got it's that the dog perceives the postman as someone who everyday sneaks upon the house. It barks and then the postman leaves. Big victory! The dog is protecting his turf, or rather, your turf (you tend to be the pack leader for a dog). It sees the postman as an intruder. When someone new rings the bell, it has learned that it's often someone you greet politely or even cheerfully. So it does not immediately identify him as a threat.
(...)
In Auckland, a postie was still recovering from severe lower leg injuries suffered when she was attacked by a mastiff-cross dog while delivering mail in South Auckland on August 23.
She was expected to be off work for several weeks to recover from the injuries. ACC to the rescue!
(...)
In Whakatane another postie was hospitalised this week after she was attacked and badly bitten on the upper leg by a dog.
(...)
Mr Nant said, in the Auckland incident, the "huge" dog attacked the postie after managing to force its way out of a property through a closed gate. MORE>>
Do NZ POST actually have a dog training session on how to avoid dogs? I mean, why don't they carry around some doggie treats and when they know that there's a dog, give 'em a treat. Better to make friends than enemies.
In Canada: No mail for derelict dog owners: Canada Post
Barking at the postman
The postman or any kind of regular deliveryman is regarded by your dog as an intruder and so it barks and is immediately rewarded by the postman going away. It thinks it has frightened off the intruder and done its duty. Talk to your postman and try to get him to cooperate. Tell him you will leave a tit-bit outside the door and ask him to push it through the letter-box before the letters. The tit-bit will be a better reward for your dog than chasing the postman away.
Someone wrote:
This reminds me of the old problem of why a dog will madly bark and even attack the postman and greet cheerfully or at least be non aggressive with other people visiting.
The answer I got it's that the dog perceives the postman as someone who everyday sneaks upon the house. It barks and then the postman leaves. Big victory! The dog is protecting his turf, or rather, your turf (you tend to be the pack leader for a dog). It sees the postman as an intruder. When someone new rings the bell, it has learned that it's often someone you greet politely or even cheerfully. So it does not immediately identify him as a threat.
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