The postal service urges dog owners to take responsibility as data reveals an alarming spike in threatening incidents.
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Small dog owners are the worst.
“Oh he is all bark! Hahahaha.”
“Isn’t my yapping, aggressive, socially unsavoury pet so cute!”
No, you have an untrained dog, that is a menace, because you have not trained it to socially acceptable standards.
As a dog owner for more decades than I wish to admit, I feel I need to correct a few misconceptions.
Small dog owners know their dogs are the devil’s spawn in public, but they have a hard time reconciling that with the fact that their little dog is pure love towards them at home. Because they are small, they get to cuddle with their owner like bigger dogs cannot.
Little dogs can indeed be yappy, aggressive, socially unsavory AND cute. These things are not mutually exclusive. Just ask anyone ever bitten because they tried to pet that adorable Pomeranian or Yorkie. They lure you in with cuteness so they can strike without warning.
…“you have an untrained dog…”
I find it adorable that you think a micro hellspawn is trainable.
EDIT: I thought it was clear that this was meant mostly tongue and cheek.
I mean, I have trained my small dogs to mind me in the past. It just took dedication and time.
Most dogs are trainable. Yorkies are… disposable, though.
I know. It was meant as a joke.
This isn’t super surprising. Owners of big dogs generally know that their dogs are a problem, so they keep them somewhere that they can’t attack posties, and also are more likely to train the dog not to attack. Small dog owners are much more likely to be careless because aggression from them is seen as cute or funny. So they don’t get training, and don’t get put behind a separate fence.
I have had big dogs and little dogs in tandem for decades. Big dogs tend to be far more mellow. Little dogs have no chill. I have never had a problem with a big dog. They all (except one) seemed to default to couch potato mode. My wife’s little dog though… Careless or careful makes no difference.
Obligatory repost.
I enjoy the daily challenge of trying to open my front door to greet the postie with one arm while holding my very excited toy poodle under the other. Gets a laugh from her every day, I think it’s one of the highlights of her route.
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Narrator: It isn’t.
Do they count staffy’s as small dogs because they’re short?
Yeh the headline is a bit odd. In video released by Australia Post they show a shepherd and other large dogs attacking the delivery workers. Though no matter the size, our posties should not have to deal with this shit.
100% shouldn’t have to deal with it.