Hi

[airedale52@sky.com]

The purpose of my interest is to find out about dog safety

[Woody Guthrie]

From the point of view of a postman or the dog?

Our position is simple.
If we see it in time we avoid it, if we don't and we're lucky we get to retreat sharpish, if we're unlucky we end up at A&E missing some body parts.

The business position is that it's our responsibility to ensure that we don't put ourselves in dangerous situations.

The dog's position is part nature and part nurture and carries little responsibility.

The owner's position is usually sat on their fat arse watching Flog It while their dog is roaming about unsupervised.

[clashcityrocker]

People with problem dogs should simply make sure the dog isn't allowed anywhere near us.
We should then be allowed to sniff the dog owner's arse, bite them on the calf and then say "well I never did that before".
Maybe then they would begin to understand.

[Woody Guthrie]

We also have a device called a posting peg that's designed to allow the posting of letters through a letterbox without the danger of losing a couple of digits to a dog behind the door that mistakes your fingers for sausages.

It's completely unfit for purpose but makes a handy splint if the dog breaks a bone or two.