YouTuber Brooke Houts was caught abusing her dog on camera. Houts uploaded the video to a YouTube page with more than 330,000 followers, and pandemonium ensued.
Houts' doberman makes regular appearances in the videos. In other posts, she brushes his teeth and answers the burning question for her audience of what a day in the life is like for a doberman. Her most popular video, "Kissing My Ex-Boyfriend, received 3.3 million views. The Los Angeles-based aspiring actress has more than 26,000 followers on Instagram and even created an account for her dog, Sphinx. He's already garnered more than 8,000 followers, with most of his pictures flooded with comments offering well wishes for the dog to be taken away from his owner.
In the video (via: TMZ), which has since been taken down from YouTube, Hout was apparently planning to prank her dog by putting plastic wrap on her door. She is seen slapping her dog, grabbing him and spitting on him, and pushing him forcefully to the ground. She seems completely unaware in the video of the harm her actions are causing. She looks at the camera and repeats the words, "We love you," before thrusting her arms forward to send Sphinx out of frame, seemingly annoyed that he keeps running around in the shot.
The post has been poorly received as it's spread throughout social media. Many are tagging organizations like PETA in their responses, hoping for someone to take action and separate Hout from Sphinx. Fellow YouTuber Logan Paul said on Twitter, "i try my best to avoid slamming people on twitter because i know what it’s like to be on the receiving end (and rightfully so), but this video of that girl hitting & spitting on her dog is remarkably grotesque, and irks me for many reasons:". Paul went on to call into question Hout's authenticity in front of the camera, and said that even through the disgusting behavior, her dog shows her unconditional love. He added, "humans don’t deserve dogs."
It's unimaginable what Hout's thought process must have been before deciding this video was appropriate to post. She has been lying to more than a quarter-million people, teaching them how to care for a dog while, in all likelihood, mistreating it when the cameras shut off. If Hout doesn't face any punishment for the video and continues her presence as a YouTuber, at the very least the dog needs a new home.
Source: TMZ, Logan Paul