Nah not abuse. This is a police dog going through its training. Just like human recruits getting screamed at and having to go through rigourous training so do the dogs.
This is also how dogs behave in the wild. They fight for control of their pack. Since the officer handling them needs to be in control you have to take it.
Also I wrestle with my dog all the time (Rotty X Husky) and try and pin him down, and he just loves it and loves tackling me. They are pretty tough, you arent gonna break him by playing rough with him from time to time.
Too bad they never kept filming and showed the part where he got heaps of praises and affection plus a treat for his work.
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