Honestly, in the first video I don’t see the dog biting the child at all. It’s nipping playfully at him, which is probably terrifying for the kid, but does not signify harmful intent on the part of the dog. He did catch his clothes in the end, but I think that was part of the game in the dogs mind. The dog does not seem aggressive to me.
Terrifying the kid was bad behaviour on the part of the owner, but it didn’t warrant the sensational headlines the news and social media channels have given it.
In the second video, the small dog did bite the kid. The owner is an arse**** for laughing at the kid, and deserves to be called out. But that dog is too small to cause any permanent physical harm.
I’m an 80’s kid who’s grown up around animals. Have had and have multiple pets. Have treated multiple injured animals, who’ve bitten me in fear, pain and panic. Have experienced a decade where we thought music could save the world. I think the younger generation is quicker to take offense, cry over pain, and get carried away by sensationalist news stories and social media posts than we were.
I’ve got 2 cats and a dog at present. They’re very social, and friendly, but my dog is a bit over-friendly, and can scare people with her barking and jumping. As her father, I’ve made it my job to make sure that she has as many human friends as possible, and that no one is scared of her. If I see kids who are a bit frightened, I hand her leash over to them, and ask them to hold her for a bit while I do something else. The kids get over their fear, and my dog makes a new friend.
The way I play with my dog will look really scary to a non-doggy person. We jump on each other, she nips at me, like the dog in the first video, catches my clothes, growls, snarls, runs around, barks, and rolls over happy. She has only ever hurt me once, and that was by accident, and she spent the day in misery feeling guilty.
I don’t know enough about the incident in the video to make a judgement. The owner thought he was being funny, and the kid and his parents were pissed. But he did not look like (to me) he was physically harmed in that video.
A lot of people are scared of dogs and have had bad experiences with them in the past. I can understand why you’ll hate dogs, and their pet parents. Hate us all you want, and troll my post if that’s what makes you feel better. But, instead, I’d suggest trying to get over your fear so that you can see animals without hate covered lenses. Once you look at them with empathy and understanding, you will no longer be scared, and they will no longer think of you as a threat, and will either approach you non-aggressively, or just leave you alone.