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1219 Alder
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collected nearly $1,600 for
traumatic damages
Donald Robinson, Post Office
supervisor, says he noticed a
' bad'' dog that lives across the
street from him He warned both
carriers that deliver to his
house, “you can go down to my
house but it you see that black
dog out, don't go any farther,”
Letter carriers often joke
about the frequently heard,
'Don't worry, he doesn't bite,”
says Redick "I usually say
Why? Doesn't he have any
teeth? Well, how does he eat
then?” He smiles "Maybe he
doesn't bite his owner.”
Redick, a tall, husky man with
curly blond hair, has a gentle
face custom made for a lively
smile His route covers the Alder
and 13th Avenue area next to
the University University
students frequently exchange
friendly comments with him
Sometimes their dogs are less
friendly
' You can’t ever feel like
you're not going to have a
problem,” Redick says 'You
always get bit when you least
expect it."
"All of our bites,” Bradford
says, "have been dogs that
come around from behind We
try to teach people to keep their
eye on the dog No matter where
a dog is don't turn your back
on a dog "
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Bradford had just received a
dog bite report. The attack took
place in the South Side Station
area, around 29th and Wil
lamette Street The dog
“chewed up" the carrier's arm
According to Bradford, the
greatest number of bites occur
in the south side area
Another, more serious, bite
recently took place also in the
South Side area As a result of
the attack the carrier s leg
swelled so badly she has been
either off-work or working part
time for two and a half weeks
Bradford says that during the
summer kids leave gates and
doors open or lose control of
their dogs And owners often let
dogs out of the house more
frequently in dry weather, ac
cording to Bradford
"A lot of the time it's the same
dogs," says Gordon Mart, man
ager of delivery and collection
"Before, the county would take
some kind of action and im
pound the dog in a lot of cases I
don't think they're doing as
much of that any more. They
just can't do it."
A Lane County Animal
Regulation Agency employee
says not a single Animal Control
officer remains under Lane
County employment following
successive budget reductions
over the past few years The
four remaining Eugene officers
no longer receive the kind of
county back-up they once had
In a number of cases carriers
were bitten by friendly dogs the
carrier knew for "four or five,
ten years,” says Mart
"I think as dogs get older they
tend to lose their sight,” says
Harold Hansen, instructor from
"Heeling Free" Dog Obedience
School "It may be that the
mailman surprised the dog It
somebody comes up and taps
you on the shoulder, you don’t
turn around and punch them
But some dogs will tend to do
that if they’re surprised They
don’t say, Oh, I wonder who’s
surprising me.’ ”
He explains that dogs are ter
ritorial animals “Every day,
your dog goes through a mini
guard-dog session Basically
the mailman walks up, or the
paperboy, the dog barks, and
the person leaves The dog
thinks, A-ha, I did it again!’ After
a while that false confidence
becomes real confidence "
Concerning the carrier's uni
form, dogs tend to generalize If
a carrier once kicked the dog,
the next carrier to come along
may get the blame Also, "a
good protective dog” may feel
that a uniform is unnatural, says
Hansen.
”1 think a lot of it is just that
daily repetition of here he
comes and ruff ruff ruff, there he
goes ” Some may eventually
"push one" to biting
But. “It’s not hopeless ”
Whoever said you can’t teach
an old dog new tricks has never
trained dogs, says Hansen
Redick agrees with the uni
form theory His own dog
sometimes gives him problems
about the uniform when he gets
home from work
A fiesty spark and an affec
tionate smile come to his face
“I go, KNOCK it off You got a
lot of guts growling at ME
buddy."’
He points at an open porch
door. One suddenly realizes
there may be a dog in there. “It’s
always in the back of your
mind," says Redick
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