My grand nephew and his guardians

[Nirvana]

Great photo those look like sweet tempered sighthounds!

Many small dogs owners suffer from something much like short guy syndrome, which means short fuses, insecurity, distrust, and biting.

Fixed that for you
Too bad they pass that on to their dogs. There are no bad dogs only bad owners. Same with children they only learn what they are taught, or think they can get away with...