I've only seen the program a couple times. Some of the videos I saw were so cute ... not ALL the animals on there were neurotic or in dangerous situations. Some were just plain adorable!
I can't comment too much, since I've never actually seen too many videos like this.
But I will say, our dog Rosie LOVES the laser pointer game. If I took a video of her chasing that little red dot around the kitchen like a complete maniac, she would definately look disturbed and neurotic. But, that's only ten minutes out of her day, and she LOVES it. Vanilla will chase a tennis ball until she can't run anymore, Rosie chases a laser light. Either way, it's fun and it's good exercise. The other 23 hours and 50 minutes of the day, she's a perfectly normal dog ... well, for a bulldog, anyway.
I think it might be a little quick to judge a dog's entire disposition and life by a 60 second video. 
"We give dogs the time we can spare, the space we can spare and the love we can spare. And in return, dogs give us their all. It's the best deal man has ever made" - M. Facklam
"We are raised to honor all the wrong explorers and discoverers - thieves planting flags, murderers carrying crosses. Let us at last praise the colonizers of dreams."- P.S. Beagle
"All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king." - J.R.R. Tolkien
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