Around nine postmen and women are attacked every day.
Royal Mail is urging people to keep their pets under control after revealing the number of dog attacks against postal workers increased by eight per cent over the last year.
The company says the number remains "unacceptably high".
A tenth of the incidents were in Scotland.
The Scottish government is considering compulsory microchipping for dogs to improve public safety from dangerous or out of control dogs.
Julie Peroni, from Royal Mail, says posties being attacked by dogs is often the subject of cartoons and jokes, but she says it's no laughing matter:
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