Chapter 1033: Cat and Mouse

At present, there is no uniform global classification standard for pet dogs. According to the regulations of the American AKC Dog Club, pet dogs are roughly divided into seven types: gun dogs, hunting dogs, working dogs, terrier dogs, toy dogs, and family dogs and herding dogs. These 7 categories are more for the convenience of competition grouping. In fact, they can be roughly divided into two types: working dogs and toy dogs.

Working dogs refer to dogs that can engage in various tasks to assist humans. The other is toy dogs other than working dogs. Most of them are small dogs, such as Pekingese, Chihuahua, and Pomeranian. Other uses.

Simply put, what a working dog can do, a toy dog ​​cannot do, but what a toy dog ​​can do, a working dog can also do.

In fact, dogs were first domesticated by humans for the purpose of allowing them to serve as working dogs and become allies of primitive humans against nature. Later, with the development of productivity and production tools, people’s demand for working dogs decreased. Derived from the common toy dog.

Working dogs can be subdivided into several types, such as hunting dogs that help people hunt, shepherd dogs that guard the herd, service dogs that help humans solve daily problems, sled dogs that are responsible for transportation in harsh environments, and guards who sacrifice their lives to protect their masters Dogs, police dogs and military dogs serving special purposes, etc., may also overlap between different categories. For example, German shepherds are typical multifunctional dogs, which can be used not only as shepherd dogs, but also as guard dogs and police dogs.

After listening to Heizi's narration, Zhang Zian immediately understood that what he really needed was a guard dog. Only a guard dog could drive away wild animals, attack criminals, and protect its owner to the greatest extent in the harsh environment of the wild.

Heizi immediately asked, "Guard dog? Great, what kind of guard dog do you have here?"

As he spoke, his gaze passed Zhang Zian and turned to the pet shop.

"Well..." Zhang Zian was also asked.

As netizens speculated, his store sells dogs suitable for ordinary families. Most of them are small toy dogs, and there are also working dogs such as golden retrievers and Samoyeds. However, urban families raise golden retrievers and Samoyeds as entertainment. Dogs come to be raised, and no one intends to let them work.

To put it simply, there are no large and medium spirit dogs in his store, but only large and medium spirt dogs can serve as qualified guard dogs in the wild. The needs of the city and the wild are incompatible.

"Forget it, you guys come in first, don't stand outside and talk." He invited Heizi and Xiaoxue into the store, and glanced enviously at the majestic Mercedes-Benz G.

"Exactly, I also want to meet Femas." Heizi said enthusiastically.

Xiaoxue knew Zhang Zian very well, seeing that he didn't explicitly refuse, but instead invited them into the store, knowing that there was something going on, she felt relieved.

Netizens were not afraid to speculate on Zhang Zian with the worst malice.

"I knew that the manager of the store would not push out the door-to-door business..."

"I think he's plotting something again, probably trying to trick someone into buying a Chihuahua as a guard dog..."

"Don't tell me, a chihuahua is at least more qualified as a guard dog than the three sleds! The three sleds can't even protect their own chrysanthemums!"

"The barrage just now is intriguing..."

Xiaoxue has been to the store many times, glanced at it casually, and immediately found the new member in the store, and exclaimed in surprise: "Wow! Mr. Store Manager! Where did you get Tom?"

"Tom? Who's Tom?"

Whether it was Heizi, the clerk, or the netizens in the live broadcast room, they were all stunned. Whose name is this?

Xiaoxue smiled and pointed at Vladimir, "Isn't this Tom?"

Vladimir was lying lazily in the corner, and the yellow-and-white kitten climbed onto its back and flicked its tail, never resting.

That night it brought the helpless yellow-and-white kitten back to the pet shop. Since then, the yellow-and-white kitten has always followed it around like a follower, and can't be chased away.

"Meow meow! What are you looking at me for?"

It is recharging its batteries for later action,

Suddenly feeling that almost everyone's eyes were focused on him, he couldn't help opening his eyes, and looked around everyone in wonder, wondering what kind of disease these people had.

Lu Yiyun kindly corrected: "Xiaoxue, this cat's name is Vladimir. It was brought back by the store manager from a friend in the capital. It's not Tom."

"No, no, it's really Tom, it's exactly the same! Don't you think?" Xiaoxue squatted down with great interest, carefully observing Vladimir.

"Hey, who is Tom?" Vladimir was very depressed, and planned to lie down in another place. Anyway, he has no requirements for the environment, and he can lie anywhere.

"Tom... mean the 'talking Tom cat'?" Wang Gan guessed.

Xiaoxue shook her head.

It was Zhang Zian who was the first to react, "Tom...you mean the Tom cat in the cat and mouse?"

"That's right! Isn't it?" Xiaoxue pointed at Vladimir again, "Look carefully!"

Everyone is dumbfounded.

Zhang Zian smiled, "It's good that you can think of it, but you are right, the Tom cat in "Tom and Jerry" is indeed very similar to Vladimir, to be precise, it was designed based on the Russian blue cat image."

The shop assistants, customers, and netizens in the live broadcast room all listened to it very freshly. Knowing that it was time to popularize cold knowledge again, no one interrupted. They quietly waited for Zhang Zian to explain further. Even the barrage in the live broadcast room was sparse.

Zhang Zian did not disappoint everyone, and said: "No one knows about the cartoon "Tom and Jerry", right? But very few people know that the image of Tom cat comes from the Russian blue cat - you can recall, animation Does the Tom cat in the movie have blue-gray fur and slender limbs? The most important thing is that Tom cat’s eyes are green with gold rims, which is undoubtedly in line with the characteristics of Russian blue cats.”

Although the paws of Russian blue cats are not white, Tom’s paws in the animation are white, which is always caught by the British short party as evidence that Tom is British short plus white, but in fact it is British short The only evidence for the party, apart from this, all of Tom's characteristics are thousands of miles away from the British shorthair, very close to the Russian blue cat.

In addition, as an American cartoon, and it was an American cartoon that was popular during the Cold War, it was inevitably influenced by ideological thinking during the production process. Tom acted as a silly, stupid and always bullying clown in the animation, And Jerry is a small, clever and sympathetic underdog image. It is self-evident who is more popular with the audience... Even now, Eastern European arms dealers or Russian intelligence organizations are often responsible for the blame in Hollywood blockbusters.