Detroit ranks on Postal Service list of top dog bite cities

By the numbers: With 19 such attacks, Detroit tied for 20th place last year. The city with the highest number, Los Angeles, recorded 65 attacks.

• Michigan was also ranked in the top 10 states with the most mail carrier dog bites, with 183 last year.

Between the lines: All dogs can bite, even ones that seem friendly, so dog owners have a responsibility to control and secure their pets around letter carriers, USPS wrote in a news release.

• If a carrier doesn't feel safe, they have the right to stop service and have the dog owner pick up their mail at the post office.