Chapter 1041 The Correct Way to Choose a Dog

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With his back turned to Zhang Zian, Heizi tore open the beef jerky with great interest, threw them into the cage piece by piece, and observed the reactions of the Doberman pinscher puppies. Although he didn't know much about dogs, he had heard the saying "nine dogs, one mastiff". If he wanted to pick out the strongest dog from the litter, there was no more effective way than to lure him with food.

The audience in the live broadcast room also felt that Heizi's approach was fine.

However, Xiaoxue saw that Zhang Zian clearly disapproved of Heizi's actions, so she asked the audience, "Mr. Store Manager, is there something wrong with the beef jerky? Is it too salty?"

She is thinking about it from a health point of view.

"That's not true. Dogs are not as sensitive to salt as cats. Moreover, these few slices of beef jerky are fine even if they are a little salty. Talking about toxicity regardless of dosage is a hooligan." Zhang Zian denied her guess, and was about to explain further, but Heizi seems to have chosen one of the dogs.

After the beef jerky was thrown into the cage, several puppies crowded over to snatch the food.

Heizi found that one of the Doberman pinscher puppies seemed to be half a circle larger than the other dogs, and stronger than the other brothers and sisters. He pushed the other puppies aside and even showed his fangs fiercely. Intimidating other dogs, they snatched most of the beef jerky, and the remaining half was divided among several other puppies.

Another puppy was obviously thinner than its brothers and sisters, and was squeezed into a corner of the cage without even grabbing a bite of food.

Heizi considered that the selected dog would go with him to eat and sleep in the wild. Faced with all kinds of dangerous environments, the stronger the body, the better, and the more aggressive the better, so he decided to choose the slightly older puppy.

"Boss, how much is this one?"

Cutting and erecting ears is a difficult operation, and the fees are also expensive. The woman bargained with the bald doctor, looked back, and stretched out four fingers, which meant four thousand.

As a Doberman without a birth certificate, the price of 4,000 is not bad, and there is no slaughter.

Heizi had already made a decision in his heart, if Zhang Zian had no objection, he would choose this puppy.

Zhang Zian came over, waved his hands and said, "Don't rush to make a decision."

Seeing that the beef jerky had been scrambled to eat, he stretched out one hand to the side of the cage and snapped his fingers with a moderate sound.

Different puppies reacted differently to the snapping of fingers.

Some puppies ignored the crowd and stared nervously at the people coming and going; some puppies were not interested in snapping their fingers, and stared at Heizi with endless interest, hoping that Heizi would throw some more beef in; the rest of the puppies, including the The smaller puppy immediately stared at Zhang Zian's fingers and moved its ears.

Zhang Zian randomly moved his fingers around the cage, snapped his fingers from time to time during the movement, and observed the reactions of the puppies.

Differentiated responses emerged again.

The puppies who didn't stare at the fingers just now start to stare, and the puppies who stared at the fingers just now find that the fingers are meaningless and turn their attention to other places. .

On the contrary, the smaller puppy showed great interest in snapping his fingers. Wherever Zhang Zian moved his fingers, he would follow him. Even through the cage, he could feel his eagerness to find out.

"It's better to choose this one." Zhang Zian pointed to the smaller puppy and suggested, "Of course, this is just my suggestion. The final choice is up to you."

Heizi felt a little confused. He didn't know what Zhang Zian's selection criteria were, but he still asked the woman, "What about this one? How much is this one?"

The woman looked back again, and a short regional accent came out of her mouth.

"What?"

Heizi was not a local, so he didn't understand what she was talking about.

Although Xiaoxue is a local, she speaks Mandarin from the novel and cannot speak the local dialect.

Zhang Zian also couldn't speak the local dialect, but he could understand, and explained for them: "She meant: litter dog, worthless, take three thousand away."

"Litter dog?"

This is another new term.

Xiaoxue and Heizi were confused, but they guessed from the woman's expression when she spoke that it was not a compliment.

It is also the first time for netizens to hear this unfamiliar term, even if they have a dog at home, they have never heard of it before.

"The so-called litter dog is the weakest and smallest dog in the litter." Zhang Zian explained, "The difference in size at birth is actually not that big, but because it can't compete with other brothers and sisters when sucking and feeding. , Without sufficient nutrition, the body shape will gradually distance itself.”

"I understand the truth, but why did you choose this dog?" Xiaoxue asked questions on behalf of Heizi and the netizens in the live broadcast room.

Zhang Zian pointed to the package of beef jerky that Heizi held in his hand, "First of all, it is useless to lure puppies with food, because as long as they are not sick puppies, they all have a strong demand and enthusiasm for food."

"What's your criteria for selecting dogs?" He said to Heizi, "Is it to select dogs with good appearance? Is it to select dogs that can beat their opponents in dogfights? Otherwise, why do you use 'strong' as the criterion?" What about selection criteria?"

Heizi seemed to understand a little bit.

Zhang Zian asked himself and answered, "Neither, you want to choose a partner in the wilderness survival. In fact, for dogs, especially for working dogs, intelligence, excitement and concentration are more important than whether they are strong or not. You know, even those German Shepherd descendants imported from Germany at a high price in the police dog training base, many of them were eliminated because of lack of concentration and obedience, but none were eliminated because they were not strong enough.”

"Just like a human being, what's the difference if your strength is 100 or 120? How many chances do you usually have to fight? But whether your intelligence is 100 or 120, the difference is huge." Zhang Zian pointed to the Smaller puppies, "His excitement and concentration on sounds are remarkable, especially when I stopped snapping his fingers, he calmed down quickly, which proves that his stability is also good, compared to For other dogs, its training difficulty will drop several steps."

"But... when customers go to your store to buy dogs, you don't remind them like this..." Xiaoxue has been to Qiyuan Pet Store several times, and she immediately noticed the contradictions.

It was the first time she heard this saying that when customers in the pet store bought dogs, Zhang Zian only gave them suggestions on the type, and he did not interfere with which individual to choose.

Netizens, especially those who bought dogs from his shop, immediately declared that they wanted to defend their rights. Why did Zhang Zian favor one over another? Is it because Heizi has eight-pack abs?

Zhang Zian responded quickly, "That's because I have screened for you at the farm in advance, and selected dogs suitable for training to bring back to the pet shop. Don't you think that the pets in this shop are more expensive than other shops? Is it really me asking for money?" ?”

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