The Puppy Dog Thread

yeah do it! There was a dog in our dog pound a little while back that had the description something like - hates going out, has to be dragged out of the front door and spends his time trying to get you to go back home where he loves to lie on the sofa all day

I thought wow, what a great life

As a former postman and on behalf of postmen everywhere who've been told time after time, "Don't worry, my dog won't bite," I take issue with that. If you don't keep your dog on a leash or behind a fence, it deserves to be in a pound.

haha, that reminds me. once when i ordered a pizza, my dog ran up to the delivery guy with his hair up, and the delivery guy, some little skinny teenager, said "if your dog bites me i'm going to shoot it."

If you're scared by a bark then thank god you're not a postman any longer, for I said not a whit about savaging those fearless upholders of a man's right to junk mail and bills...

Then again my postie, whilst a good bloke, is a lazy sod who'd rather tip a parcel through an open downstairs window than ring the doorbell so maybe a little nip now and again would remind him that DHL (other premium carriers are available ) exists.

My neighbour's dog, now sadly passed, was a sight to behold where postmen were concerned. Every morning without fail you'd see him escorting them until they'd turned the corner onto another street. No malice, no barking, just happily padding along at the postie's heels until his territory had been vacated.

He looked like an old gundog or pointer so it was probably in his genes.

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