Coming Up: National Dog Bite Prevention Week

Coming Up: National Dog Bite Prevention Week -

Next week is National Dog Bite Prevention Week. If you own a dog, you must be careful because the dog bites accounted for over a third of all complaints dollars of liability insurance of the owners paid in 2012, costing more than $ 489 million. While the number of bites has decreased, the cost of claims continues to rise - the average cost paid for the dog bite claims was $ 29,752. To learn more about the ins and outs of insurance issues related to dog ownership, see our previous article, insurance and your dog
Postal workers -. A group of people who are particularly at risk of dog bites - released their annual list of the top ranked dog attack in the city, and their tips to prevent dog bites ... and they certainly have experience in this field. If you have not seen it yet, visit the detachment of the former carrier Ryan Bradford mail All dogs want to kill me, where he registered dogs instant lurking on his postal route a few years ago. It's pretty fun, unless you are postal worker or the gas meter reader who has to face the pet down. Here are some clips that show how even seemingly mild territorial and aggressive dogs can be on the delivery of mail.


In addition to the mail carriers, children are also very vulnerable regarding dog bites. Here are some good sites to teach your children how to be safe
Teaching children how to have safe encounters with dogs
Prevent Bite -. Preventing dog bites to children through education
Learning to speak the dog and teach your children
Dog Bite Prevention - CDC

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