The dog i have now even goes as far as to attack the mail as it is dropped thru my front door mail slot!
2006-07-05 00:17:37 · 15 answers · asked by karnovale 1 in Pets ➔ Dogs
because they are entering their property and they dont know them
2006-07-05 00:19:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NOT all dogs hate mailmen as you put it. I have five dogs and I can garantee that I have one that love the mailman/woman. BUT it doesn't help that mailmen are afraid of dogs. I have seen first hand a dog approaching a mailman and this wimp turned & walked away got in his truck and left. MIND you he was walking into the person's yard and he did NOT deliver the mail to that house on the day in question. Checking on this as I found it kind of weird, I was told that mailmen/woman are trained NOT to be friendly with dogs. The reasoning is that SOME dogs DO bite so they take no chances. WIMPS is what it is all about.
2006-07-05 07:26:49 · answer #2 · answered by GRUMPY 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's their smell. Mailmen have a smell that dogs just hate. Who knows how many scents they (the mailmen) pick up when they pick up the mail for delivery because our mail goes through so much processing and lots of people come in contact with it. But other than that it's a territory/ protective thing.
2006-07-05 09:00:45 · answer #3 · answered by all things mystical 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it is someone they don't know and the dog is protecting you, the home and itself. The dog is successful in this protection 6 days a week. The stranger shows up, the dog gives it's warning and the stranger leaves. That in itself tells the dog it did the right thing and every day the mail is delivered the idea is reinforced in the dogs mind. Your dog sees the mail as an additional threat. It is something this stranger has forced on you, the home and the dog.
2006-07-05 07:27:02 · answer #4 · answered by Stick to Pet Rocks 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dogs are territorial and protective of their master and domain. The mail man comes back repeatedly, and the dog is thinking that the mail man is trying again and again to enter the premises, so the dog gets more and more aggressive. He/she wants to let the mailman know he/she means business.
Hope
2006-07-05 07:27:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My dog hated anyone in a uniform. Even if a cop was by my car I had to roll down the window a little bit. Mail men are not wimps for walking away from a dog . They are smart.
2006-07-05 07:35:28 · answer #6 · answered by nhalleycat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think that the dog really hates the mailman.
The dog sees him as a threat, everyday, he protects the family from the man who comes to the door but is never invited inside.
That is why the mailman is seen by the dog as the enemy.
2006-07-05 07:23:11 · answer #7 · answered by peewit 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the dog considers the mailman an intruder and the dog wants to guard and protect it's territory. If the mailman seems to flee or turn his back on the dog - the dog will SCARE HIM AWAY.
2006-07-05 07:19:43 · answer #8 · answered by Tones 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dogs are very territorial by nature so when anyone unfamiliar comes close to their turf, they show them who's the boss.
It is not because they hate the mailmen. :)
2006-07-05 07:23:08 · answer #9 · answered by Jo Ann 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My black lab/plott hound mix puppy, loves the mailman, everyday when he comes the mailman gives him a bisquit and stops to play for a minute, but normally, like most other people said they're protecting the family and territory
2006-07-05 08:45:06 · answer #10 · answered by lilpsychomama 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its not only with the mailman but with every strange man ur dog see entering ur territory n it is dog' nature to attack or bark at strange things but since mailman is the only person which comes to ur territory very commonly u think that he hate the mailman particularly.
gud luck take care
2006-07-05 08:52:56 · answer #11 · answered by angel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋