SOME BEST FRIEND: Canine relations are part...

SOME BEST FRIEND: Canine relations are part of a mail carrier’s lot, but a San Fernando Valley postman took matters to extremes when he shot a dog on his route (A29). . . . Orange County mail carriers, who aren’t allowed to carry guns, sustained 75 dog bites in the last year, most from small dogs. . . . The biggest hospital bill ever paid for an injured carrier was $16,000. . . . At least two local carriers have become permanently disabled because of bites and were entitled to at least two-thirds of their annual pay in disability pension.