Dear Postal Customer,
Your letter carrier takes pride in delivering your mail promptly and efficiently. That means being able to approach your mailbox without interference from any pet.
Although the dog may not be known to bite, or otherwise be dangerous to people, your carrier has expressed concern about its behavior. I believe you will agree that this concern is understandable since each year thousands of letter carriers are bitten or physically harmed by dogs.
On August 14, 2007 your neighbors' dog obstructed the carrier from delivering your mail.
In order to provide you uninterrupted mail delivery while protecting our letter carrier, the postal service is requesting your assistance. Please communicate with your neighbor that their pet is causing your mail not being delivered. If there are any further instances of the mail not being able to be delivered because of the dog you will be required to either move the mailbox to the front of the yard where the dog cannot obstruct the carrier from delivering your mail or you may rent a post office box. If you have any questions, myself or any of the supervisors here will be able to assist you. Unfortunately, although it is not your dog we must protect the letter carrier against animal attacks.
We appreciate your cooperation in this matter.
Sincerely,
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Supervisor
Our neighbors have an American Pitbull Terrier, also known as simply a Pitbull. Any suggestions on how to "deal with it"?
11 comments:
That is really funny!
It was great to see you today, Andrea and Katie!
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I love you guys!
:)Ang
that is so scary! and if your neighbors are unreasonable enough to own a pitbull in the first place, then they probably aren't going to listen to anybody tell them what they ought to do about their pitbull. yikes. and kind of scary that it could "obstruct" any of you from entering your house at any time. get some of that spray that Jennifer Garner uses on Alias to make people pass out upon inhalation. :-)
have you met the neighbors? there are a lot more unreasonable things going on besides owning a pitbull. A pitbull is simply iceing on the cake.
hi guys. love you and miss you
-CDT
So wait, the pitbull can come right up to your door? It can be in your yard where it might get you guys? That's crazy!!! I'm glad I'm not you guys. (except for the fact that you live in MPLS and i don't right now)
-miss you guys!
david e
Go with the PO BOX. Then you mail is secure from dogs, robbers, wind, and rain. The other option to protect you mail, your mail carrier, and yourself is to build a fence. RG
a shotgun? my dad has one
You should invest in a Tiger. Dogs hate cats.
I think I would make a call to the local police station and see what the options are. You could give a 'hypothetical' story so that you don't get your neighbors in trouble right away. But I also think that you could maybe get the parents on the block to unite with you and approach the dog owners together. With the recent death of a young boy (a Hope Academy student) at the teeth of a pit bull, I would think that other neighbors would be VERY unhappy to have one wondering freely on the block. More is at stake than you mail! Maybe other neighbors have gotten similar notices from the post office. Do some networking to gain power and confront. But not alone!!
I just stumbled on your blog by mishap. Glad I did. I attend BBC and just moved back after 2 years. I know Molly Piper though and she just posted so this is for her. "MOLLY!! You are watching to much Alias when it is permeating into blog postings about offing a apitbull. Go back to Little house and get centered. I love you."
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