Postmen get sticks to push letters through doors where they fear dog attacks

Experts have found a way of dealing with the threat of over-exuberant pet dogs – in the shape of an 8in plastic stick.



Britain’s 70,000 postmen and women are being offered the special gadget in a bid to reduce the 5,000 attacks by dogs they suffer each year. The implements, known as ‘Posting Pegs’, resemble folding rulers.

They enable delivery staff to push post through letterboxes without exposing their hands or fingers to the risk of being bitten by a dog inside the house. Postmen insert letters into the peg, which they push through the letterbox. They then twist the stick and the letters drop out of the peg.



Posting Pegs are not intended to control unruly dogs in gardens. In these circumstances staff are advised to avoid any confrontation and return the post to the sorting office.