Territory: why your dog hates the mailman
Thursday, May 31st, 2007 Subscribe To Our Feed
If your dog goes crazy when the mailman arrives, there’s a reason. In the dog’s eyes, the mailman is a trespasser.
Even the mail that is left behind is suspicious to a dog. Whenever the mailman arrives and drops off envelopes and other mail items, it can make a dog very anxious and territorial. Dogs go through an awful lot of trouble making sure that their territory is marked with their scent. Mail that is dropped through the slots of your door contain all sorts of unfamiliar smells and this makes a dog very anxious.
To a dog, the idea that a strange person would just come along every day and put more smells on top of theirs can be notably offensive. I should know because before I had properly trained him, my Chihuahua used to shred up every bit of mail that was dropped through the door.
As you can probably guess, this was extremely nerve-racking to me and I lost a lot of important information! However, after doing a bit of research I came to realize that my dog was just looking after our home and trying his best to protect us. Needless to say, I soon built a fence so that any mail that was delivered was not eaten up by my dog.
You must look at the positive side of this and at least commend your dog for being so loyal as to go through the trouble of wanting to protect his family. But on the other hand, loud and nonstop barking can drive many people crazy.
On top of that some dogs will go as far as trying to bite an innocent mailman who is just doing his or her job. Even though you may have your dog secured inside during the day while you are at work, he may be able to find a way to escape one day and literally attack your mailman. This is no joke. In fact, almost 4000 mailmen report dog bites every single year.
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