What can carriers do?
Dog repellent spray is an option.
“What we tell our carriers is, dont take a chance because the last thing a carrier hears is: Dont worry he doesnt bite,” and then is bitten, said Karen Mazurkiewicz, spokeswoman for Postal Services Central Pennsylvania district.
The Postal Service tells carriers to keep an eye on a dog because a dog is more likely to bite when a carrier isn’t looking. Carriers also shouldn’t startle a dog: If a dog is asleep, the carrier should whistle or call its name if known, before getting close. And carriers are told to stand their ground. If a dog is aggressive, the carrier can also hold their mail satchel in front of them and back away slowly.
Do mailmen carry pepper spray?Mail carriers commonly carry pepper spray as defense against what USPS refers to as dog menace. However, if a delivery employee feels threatened by a dog, preventative steps must be taken to avoid an attack.
Who knows more about dog attacks that the mailman? Letter carriers have had to deal with aggresive dogs since Claudius Polonius was delivering rolls of parchment to citizens of the Roman Empire. So what do the experts use to repel dog attacks? Well, the U.S. Postal Service has been using Halt! Since 1966. You might say they have been conducting field tests for over thirty years. Halt! Products use Capsaicin, a naturally occurring extract of peppers, which, when sprayed in a dogs face, causes only temporary, but extreme discomfort for the dog.Think of it as attitude re-adjustment. Halt! Stops him in his tracks, giving you time to move out of danger. Halt!s pressurized spray is accurate up to 10 feet.
Mail Carrier Pepper-Sprays Dog In The Face
Who knows more about dog attacks that the mailman? Letter carriers have had to deal with aggresive dogs since Claudius Polonius was delivering rolls of parchment to citizens of the Roman Empire. So what do the experts use to repel dog attacks? Well, the U.S. Postal Service has been using Halt! Since 1966. You might say they have been conducting field tests for over thirty years. Halt! Products use Capsaicin, a naturally occurring extract of peppers, which, when sprayed in a dogs face, causes only temporary, but extreme discomfort for the dog.Think of it as attitude re-adjustment. Halt! Stops him in his tracks, giving you time to move out of danger. Halt!s pressurized spray is accurate up to 10 feet.