The dog my neighbours attacked was a black lab (so called 'Tyson' - hilarious, eh?)
He just looked cowed and terrified. The whole thing took a matter of seconds. But the way the neighbours' three year old little girl just stood between the parents (both of whom assaulted the dog) and watched as if nothing was happening, was what keeps me awake at night.
Also North Yorkshire. If you're reading this and know of a black lab called 'Tyson' (there can't be many) that was PTS a few months back after what you were probably told was the sudden onset on cancer (in fact it was a threatened RSPCA visit, and the dog had advanced cancer by the time he was taken the the vets - he was assaulted for being too slow to get out of the car...boot) - you should examine your conscience and think about things you may have seen or heard. And go to the police. One person witnessing = nothing ever happened, according to the RSPCA. But your complaint, added to our's? We need to get these people away. Both of them. The woman and the man. Both assaulted the dog.
Incidentally, RSPCA Inspector told me that there was a recent conviction not far from here where the man got 6 months in jail - as a neighbour filmed him kicking his dog. When the RSPCA came out, there wasn't a mark on the dog (which is also how my neighbours got away with it). But there was the film. So these men's sentences do seem to be derisory, if someone else got 6 months in chokey for a one-off incident...
These idiots filmed themselves, from what I've read (can't watch the video). But my neighbours have got away with it because I didn't film them. It happened in seconds and my phone was downstairs although by the time I'd have booted it up, it would have been too late.
What gets me about this is - if they were brothers, where were their family (did their parents buy the dog?) and why didn't they realise the dog was being hurt?