We have a golden/black lab mix. Barks at our postman and our postman is terrified of her. I can’t figure it out myself.
She probably wants to jump up, lick his face and beg for a treat.
My lab loves people too much. He thinks everyone wants to play so he wags his tail & jumps around like a jumping bean. Any cop that shoots a dog that just barks & wants to play should be kicked off the force, made to work for free at an animal rescue group & buy the family another puppy.
“Hawoooooooooo! Hawoooooo!” *pant, pant* “How rrrr oooooooo? I come with oooooooo toooooo? Hawooooooooo!”
If some golden/black lab talked to me, I’d be so happy.
we had a labrador/aussie mix. He would go wild barking at the postman and once got out. She sprayed him with something before he was pulled back inside.If he had gotten to her, he would have jumped on her and tried to hug her, just like he did with any of the utlity people. The post office refused to deliver our mail again until we wrote a letter and moved our box to the curb. Of course, they changed carriers as soon as we did. The new carrier wasn’t so freaked.
“We have a golden/black lab mix. Barks at our postman and our postman is terrified of her. I can’t figure it out myself.
She probably wants to jump up, lick his face and beg for a treat.”
You are just the kind of dog owner that gives all dog owners a bad name. You think your dog in nice, and it probably is, but a strange barking dog is a threat. You should be polite and make sure your dog doesn’t threaten your postman.
As someone who has delivered mail, it’s was the quite one who bit me. Didn’t even know he was there and he took a nip. Sure as heck wasn’t a Golden.
Fire the cop. I’m sick of these trigger happy jerks. Don’t have the nerve to deal with a Golden, find another job.
Dog hatred of postal workers is a recent genetic development over the past 100 years or so.
A big barking dog is always intimidating. My German Shepherd is starting to bark at everybody, and I thank goodness I am not at the other end of that bark. He could do me great damage if he had a mind to, and if I wasn’t the one feeding him (ha ha).
But yes, any big dog barking is intimidating.