Chihuahua Blamed For Halting Neighborhood’s Mail

Residents in one Vallejo neighborhood started seeing mail arrive again, which signaled the end of a several-day service suspension imposed on them after a mailman was spooked by a local Chihuahua. The suspension began when Mocha, a 1-and-a-1/2-year-old Chihuahua, ran up to a mailman who walking his route on Vervais Ave. and circled the carrier a few times, according to the dog’s owner. The dog’s owner, who wished to remain anonymous, said the mailman became upset and announced he was putting the neighborhood’s mail delivery on hold. The following day, residents on the 500 block of Vervais Ave. said a letter arrived in their mailboxes telling them that home delivery would not resume until the dog was secured on a leash or in some other fashion. Until then, neighbors would have to go to the local post office for their mail. More