DOG owners are being urged to be responsible and keep their dogs under control following a number of dogs and owners being hurt in dog attacks in the Cotswolds.
In the past month officers in the Cotswolds have dealt with a number of dangerous incidents.
The majority of these have happened with dogs which have been off lead and not under the control of their owner, with dogs which were on a lead being attacked.
On 6 June a 17-year-old girl was bitten by a dog that was off the lead while she was trying to protect her own dog in Westonbirt.
She attended hospital where her wounds were cleaned.
At around 7.30am on 14 June a man was walking his small terrier dog in Bourton-on-the-Water on the lead when a couple in their late 60s to early 70s approached with two Newfoundland dogs both off the lead.
One of the Newfoundlands attacked the man’s terrier, biting it so severely it required emergency surgery immediately.
The terrier’s owner was bitten when trying to protect his pet.
On 19 June while walking along the Cotswold Way an Alsatian type dog, which…
