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PASADENA, Calif. - A 70-year-old Pasadena grandfather says he was violently attacked during his daily dog walk along the Arroyo after a confrontation over leash laws.

Bill Woods says he takes his chocolate labs, Woof and Kibble, on the walk nearly every day — sometimes on leash, sometimes off.

"They stay with me — every 10 seconds they’re turning around to see where I am to make sure we’re in line of sight. That’s the rule. If they get out of line of sight I call them and they come back," Woods said.

Woods said Saturday morning's walk took a turn when Kibble briefly sniffed one of two young girls walking with their father.

"I called him back and he came and we kept walking," Woods said. "He started yelling at me about how walking dogs off leash is illegal and I said thank

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