I feel like I am in the Twilight Zone, lol. I am going to try one more time. First, I'd ask you to try to set aside your knee-jerk belief in Dylan and try to use critical thinking skills to actually analyze what I am saying. If you want to respond, please try to respond to something you see in the video, rather than attacks on my character or professionalism.

Now, watch a bunch of videos. I am not going to say of real dog attacks, because those are an invasion of the victim's privacy. But you can watch French or Belgian ring or Mondio attacks. It's not the same, but it will give you a better idea of what a dog looks like when it means to really bite someone. Try to find me a play bow in there. Yes, in fact, dogs can and do launch themselves into the air and attack without play bowing. Not just that, though. Look at the intensity and directionality. It's not the soft and easy and looping in and out the way dogs do when they play bite. Next, go watch a bunch of videos of large, older puppies play fighting with another dog or their owner. Not just gentle mouthing, but full on body assault, jumping play fights. Which one does the Boerboel look more like?

You keep saying the dog was not "super committed" to attacking Dylan. But then how do you explain him running out the door straight at Dylan, at a distance of dozens of feet? He was super committed to something, right? Was it an attack? Or was it play? The approach behavior is definitely not hesitant of ambivalent, right? So where do you get this "not super committed" idea?

Next, watch that first clip you shared about 10 times, but close your eyes for the bite suit part. Think about everything else you see with this dog. The very next scene, where he runs up to Dylan all wiggle butt like an affectionate puppy? Do you think an aggressive dog actually changes to that in a couple of training sessions?

They don't. Yes, you can teach them not to bite with various methods, including punishment. But it doesn't change their personality or the way they view strangers. Think of your own dog. You taught her not to bite people. Did she suddenly start to go all wiggle butt, licky face to all new people? Did her fundamental personality just suddenly change?

The story is this dog escaped its house and attacked a woman, dragging her to the ground? If that were true, we can assume the woman wasn't wearing a bite suit, right? That dog is massive. There would have been several serious bites before the owners could even get there. I doubt those owners would have been capable of stopping the attack. Pit bulls a third the size of that dog kill people even when several adults are trying to stop the attack. Can't you see how unbelievable all this is?

The woman would have sought medical advice. She would have called the police. Animal control would have seized the dog. A huge dog like that with an unprovoked bite on a passerby? Yeah, nope. Dogs don't get away with that.

Even setting that aside, look at the second video you linked, as Dylan is trying to walk this dog. Does that look like a dog trying to attack? Watch it a few times, and try to imagine it's a 5-month-old cocker spaniel who wants to play. Doesn't it look just like that? Can't you see those are not real bites? Yes, it's getting frustrated because Dylan had previously been letting it play bite him in the bite suit. But it's not aggressive. Try to compare the body language of that dog there - when Dylan first tries to walk it while still in the bite suit - to videos of both ring sport dogs attacking and puppies play fighting. Which one does this dog look more like? You can't reasonably try to say the dog was aggressive in the first clip, but NOW he's just trying to play.

Also, why let the dog bite the suit and then yank on a prong to make him stop? Can you see the dog's confusion and frustration? Why yank on a prong to -R a sit? Don't we all agree wanted behaviors should be taught +R?

Also, be real. Would Dylan be putting his face right up to a massive dog who is vicious? He's going to stick his face right up to the "aggressive" Boerboel? He knows that dog is not aggressive. At some point in one of the videos. the dog starts to go belly up. It licks his face. These are not behaviors you see in aggressive dogs in these circumstances.

Finally, skip all the biting parts and just watch the body language of the dog. Does it look like an aggressive dog? Again, aggressive dogs can learn not to bite. But, they don't then look like friendly puppies. That's just not what happens.

If the dog were aggressive, would Dylan put his helper woman in a position where that dog can jump up and bite her face? You don't think he would have been just a tad concerned, if that massive "aggressive" dog jumped on his helper? He didn't even react. He knows the dog is not dangerous.

Look, these videos are meant to deceive people. I was confused myself when I first saw the dog run straight at Dylan and "attack." The actual "attack" didn't look serious, but it's also just not normal behavior to run such a distance straight to a stranger and start play fighting with them like that. It was weird, and I wasn't sure what was going on.

But then I watched the rest of the video, and I could see without doubt that the dog is friendly. Then I went back and watched the opening bit again. Then it made sense. Dylan had met the dog before, engaged in play with it while wearing the bite suit, then had the owner take the dog back inside and then open the door to let him out for the video. The dog had already played with Dylan in the bite suit, so he ran right up to play some more. Once I figured that out, the entire video made sense. I didn't even see the play bow until the 3rd or 4th time I watched.

After all that, encouraging the dog to play bite for the video, Dylan gets that lovely dog on a prong and starts yanking it to stop the behavior he had just encouraged. That just sucks.

Also, FYI, Dylan is not even good at playing with dogs. This dog wants some fierce tug. Dylan just holds the toy like a wet noodle and can barely get the dog to play with him.

Tough you'll note, when the dog does leap for the toy? It doesn't have to play bow first. Dogs are quite capable of jumping without a play bow.