My son Adam is a trauma nurse. I recently asked him how many children are treated for dog bites at the ER where he works. "It happens all the time," he said. "Usually, it’s a young kid or a toddler.

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LOS ANGELES -- Good weather can be bad for postal workers. Last year, 5,767 postal carriers were bitten by dogs, up from 5,581 in 2013, and the most attacks happened in warm and sunny Los Angeles, ...