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“Even good dogs have bad days,” said U.S. In extreme cases, residents will be told to pick up mail at a post office until a repeat offender dog is restrained.

Customers are asked on package pickup applications if there are dogs at their addresses. The post office hopes more public awareness will help.Īfter a 14 percent jump in dog attacks in 2015, the post office launched a “Trip Hazards” app on handheld devices to help warn carriers of potentially hostile dogs. Officially, 2 percent of carriers were bitten last year, but Solomon says every carrier he knows has some kind of “dog experience” to tell, from outrunning to cajoling a territorial pet. “It’s always on your mind as a carrier, ‘Is there a dog in the area and is it a threat?'” said James Solomon, a 17-year postal carrier. Still, while dog bite claims are rising, there are signs attacks may be less severe: The average cost per claim fell last year by more than 10 percent to $33,230, according to the Insurance Information Institute and State Farm. In the last year, dog attacks on carriers rose 3 percent. Overall, an estimated 4.5 million Americans are bitten by dogs annually, mostly children. Medical expenses and workers’ compensation cost the Postal Service millions of dollars each year.

The Postal Service released its annual figures Thursday as part of National Dog Bite Prevention Week, which begins Sunday.Ī longtime cliche of movies, dog biting of mail carriers - or at least dog chasing - is no laughing matter for the post office. Los Angeles topped the 2016 list with 80 attacks on postal workers, followed by Houston with 62 and Cleveland with 60. The high for attacks dated back to the 1980s, at more than 7,000, before maulings by pit bulls and other potentially aggressive dogs became a public issue. Postal Service, but its carriers are incurring a cost: more dog bites.ĭog attacks on postal workers rose last year to 6,755, up 206 from the previous year and the highest in three decades, as internet shopping booms and consumers increasingly demand seven-day-a-week package delivery and groceries dropped at their doorstep. "When a carrier comes to the residence, keep the dog inside the house and away from the door - or behind a fence on a leash - to avoid an attack.WASHINGTON - Booming online retail sales are good news for the U.S. And while it's a dog's natural instinct to protect their family and home, we ask all customers to act responsibly by taking safety precautions with their dogs while the mail is being delivered," said USPS Employee Safety and Health Awareness Manager Leeann Theriault. "Every year, thousands of postal employees are attacked by dogs as they deliver America's mail.

From nips and bites to more serious attacks, the service urged the public to look out for workers by ensuring their dogs are under control. Postal Service revealed that more than 5,400 postal employees were attacked by dogs in the U.S. In the video, the postal worker can be heard laughing as the interested pups check out who he is-but not all workers have such good experiences with canine residents. In the video, Cadman walks toward the front door, where not one, but two dogs poke their noses through the letterbox in what commenters have joked is a "2-way authentication process." Day in the life of a #postman #royalmail #delivery #dogs #hermes #dpd #funny ♬ original sound - Lee cadman