Woman punched after asking dog walkers to use lead
The female victim said she had approached a man and woman on a footpath near Eyford House in Upper Slaughter, Gloucestershire, after her dog was bitten by one of the couple's two Rhodesian Ridgebacks.
She told police that after asking them to put their dogs on a lead, she was punched by the man before being grabbed from behind by the woman and pulled to the ground and kicked.
Gloucestershire Police is investigating the incident, which occurred at about 12:25 GMT on Sunday.
The couple are described as being white and wearing matching black wax jackets.
The woman had blonde hair in a ponytail and was wearing a pink cap and the man had short, cropped hair and a grey goatee beard and moustache.
Officers are asking the man and woman to contact them to give their account of what happened and want any witnesses to get in touch.
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