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Canada Post says dog attacks on mail carriers have increased during pandemic:
We have seen an increase this year of incidents across the country," the Crown corporation said in an email to CTVNews.ca.
According to Canada Post, around 41 per cent of households in Canada have dogs. Postal service workers come into contact with pets when they drop off mail, and with everyone at home during the pandemic, the chances of them coming face-to-face with a dog is even greater than usual.
[...] Canada Post is asking homeowners not to open their doors during mail delivery, as this not only can make physical distancing harder, but can allow a dog to rush outside at an unsuspecting mail carrier. They are reminding the public to wait until a postal service worker has left to go pick up the mail or packages left on the doorstep.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 03 2020, @12:48AM
On top of the dog's bad behavior, it's nearly impossible to get through to the owner about the behavioral problems. There must be countless relationship and marriage breakdowns going on this very moment, all caused by this particular species of pet.
The owners are so 'charmed' by their pet's cuteness that you cannot reason with them. It's like as if the dog has hijacked the bonding instinct we have which was meant to be towards children. And through this the dog can get the owner to do almost whatever it wants. I guess this must have been an evolutionary strategy, the dogs which managed to manipulate humans the best were the ones who reproduced the most.