Chapter 494: PTSD

Walking past the cages, the corridor of memory of the police dogs is completely open to Femas. It is like an insignificant fallen leaf, drifting through their lives without a trace.

Undoubtedly, X in the No. 4 cage has iron-like willpower. No matter how many times he faints due to heat stroke, no matter how much blood he bleeds and how many injuries he suffers, X's mentality will not be affected. He is a well-deserved "war dog" .

However, the German Shepherd in cage No. 5 is not so tough.

When Femas came to the No. 5 cage, he unexpectedly found that the German Shepherd in the No. 5 cage was shivering in the corner, trembling all over, with his two forelimbs resting on his head, covering his ears, and staring at Femas in horror. .

Is this really a police dog?

Femas felt suspicious in his heart, he had seen many police dogs, tough as X and gentle as Luoluo, but even the gentle Luoluo would not be so frightened. It did hear that when Xinghai first came to the pet shop, it seemed to be very similar to this police dog.

The police dog in cage No. 5 is named "Zhantian".

As the dog's name suggests, Zhan Tian is tall and powerful, with strong muscles, and looks even more majestic than Da Ya. It is not only popular for its appearance, but also has excellent training results, no less than X.

Zhan Tian is surprisingly young, seems to be younger than X, probably less than 7 years old. In addition, Zhan Tian has healthy limbs and has not been injured from the outside.

The doubts in Fei Masi's heart deepened. Even if a 7-year-old police dog with no injuries and no diseases can be called a prime-timer, he can barely be regarded as a healthy adult, with experience and physical strength reaching the peak. Why did he come to a remote police dog early? What about nursing homes?

According to the normal logic, Zhan Tian will probably be stationed in the border area and become a glorious and proud border police dog. Even if he takes a step back, he can at least become an excellent police dog in the inland area, catching criminals and receiving awards for his meritorious deeds—— That's how it is normally.

In fact, Zhan Tian has excellent pedigree and mighty appearance, and has been favored by people since he was born. People think that he will be the best police dog of this generation, so he was given an extremely domineering name.

Zhan Tian is smart and brave, with top-notch training results in all subjects, and his overall strength is above X. He was finally assigned to a mysterious anti-terrorism special police force.

In the new era, terrorist activities have replaced border conflicts and become the biggest threat to national security. Based on the principle of using good steel on the blade, Zhan Tian should be a duck to water in the anti-terrorist special police force.

Zhan Tian has received strict basic training in the police dog base, but the training requirements for anti-terrorist special police are more stringent, more professional, and more targeted.

The training subjects are specially optimized for urban counter-terrorism.

From the incomplete memory of Zhan Tian, ​​Fimacus has seen that it has used many novel and interesting gadgets, such as a high-tech police dog vest, which is not bulletproof like the bulletproof vest worn by X, because considering the With the ban on guns, urban counter-terrorism is generally less likely to encounter high-destructive weapons such as automatic rifles and grenades.

The vest is equipped with a camera and a microphone, and the images and sounds captured can be wirelessly transmitted in real time to the 3-inch display held by the owner. The wireless transmission distance in open areas can reach up to 1 km, even in complex In the urban environment, the distance can reach about 200 meters.

The camera is waterproof and has night vision capabilities, which can support all-weather operations. In addition, there is a tiny speaker near the head of the police dog, allowing the trainer to remotely issue commands to the police dog.

Because I don’t want the weight problem to affect the flexibility of the police dog, the battery built into this vest can guarantee half an hour of working time, which is enough for general anti-terrorism secret infiltration missions.

There are many high-tech equipment like this, each of which is tailor-made for police dogs, and the price is astonishingly expensive. Just looking at the prices of these things, Femas believes that only the best police dogs are qualified to enter the anti-terrorist special police force.

Zhan Tian is not only strong, but also very smart. Once taught these high-tech gadgets, everyone in the special police force agrees that he will become the ace police dog in the police force.

The closer the training is to the end, the closer the training content is to actual combat, and even the actual terrorist attacks at home and abroad are used as cases for training.

One day, an accident happened—this accident was not because Zhan Tian was accidentally injured during training, but an accident that no one thought of.

Training subject: Street fighting against terrorism in cities.

Training intensity: quasi-live ammunition.

In this simulation training, Zhan Tian followed a small team of anti-terrorist special police officers to break into the old building to be demolished by terrorists, and then searched for targets floor by floor and room by room.

Zhan Tian's keen sense of smell played a big role. It was fully qualified for the scout's duties, and soon led the team to find the room where the terrorists were.

According to intelligence, the terrorists may be armed. According to the tactical rules, a flash bomb should be thrown into the house first, and then break into the room to subdue the terrorists.

Whether it is an anti-terrorist team or a colleague who plays a terrorist, the guns held are full of rubber bullets, even if they hit the body, they will not cause much damage. However, the flashbang that was thrown in was the real deal.

When the flash bomb exploded, it produced a loud noise and a dazzling light, which could temporarily blind, deafen, and lose the ability to respond to enemies in a narrow room within a few seconds.

The problem lies here. The SWAT team knew they were going to throw a flashbang, and they were mentally prepared. The flashbang shooter would turn his head and close his eyes to avoid the strong light, and open his mouth to avoid the impact of the sound waves on the eardrums.

Zhan Tian didn't know that no matter how smart it was, it was still a dog, a dog whose hearing was 16 times more sensitive than that of humans.

The action of the special police slamming the door and dropping the bomb was done in one go. As soon as the door opened, the brave Zhan Tian was eager to try. Although he was led by the special police to stay near the door and did not rush into the room immediately, he was still affected by the flash bomb.

Zhan Tian's memory is incomplete here, Femas can only see a vast expanse of whiteness, the sky is spinning, and his ears are buzzing. In the strong white light, the movements of the special police officers became double images and slow motion.

In this training, Zhan Tian performed very well at the beginning, but his performance at the last moment was a bit substandard. The officers and instructors of the special police force didn't care, because Zhan Tian's usual performance was good enough, and it didn't matter if he was in poor condition once in a while, it was just a dog after all, and they thought it was due to Zhan Tian's overwork.

Zhan Tian was given a few days off to let him rest well, but in another hostage rescue simulation training a few days later, he made a big mistake.

In this simulation training, when Zhan Tian saw the SWAT team take out the flash bomb and hold it in his hand, before he could pull the string and throw it, and before the door opened, he barked in horror and threw the SWAT team's The location was completely exposed to the enemy, and the result of the training was that the hostage rescue failed, and the SWAT team was wiped out by the enemy.

From this day on, Zhan Tian was thrown into the cold palace, falling from candidate ace police dog to mundane dust, and even his special police didn't give him a good face, because of his major mistakes, the entire special police team ranked at the bottom in the training mocked.

Even so, Zhan Tian's previous training results were too good, and the instructors still didn't give up on it completely. After letting it rest for a longer period of time, they tried to activate it again and let it participate in some relatively simple training.

However, this long rest period did not reverse Zhan Tian's decline. Its performance in training became worse and worse, and it often stopped suddenly without warning during running, looked around suspiciously, or ran to the ground when it heard the gunshot. Shrinking and trembling in the corner, it became the laughing stock of the entire anti-terrorism SWAT team, and even its name became a reason for people to make fun of it, like a fool...

In this way, Zhan Tian was finally abandoned by everyone, even its owner ignored it.

The superior of the special police force signed an order for Zhan Tian to retire early, but no one wanted to adopt him, no one wanted to adopt a coward.

After many twists and turns, the once glorious Zhan Tian was thrown like rubbish into Fu Tao's nursing home for police dogs, and lived lonely in the No. 5 cage. Whenever a stranger came, he would hide in a corner and shrink into a ball...

X who sacrificed himself to save others is admirable, but Zhan Tian, ​​who died before he was able to succeed in his mission, is a sigh of relief. Its body is intact, but its heart has been broken.

Fei Max stared at Zhan Tian silently, full of regrets in his heart.

In a sense, Zhan Tian is also a war dog that defends the country. Like X, he was discharged from the army due to injury, but it was wounded in his heart, but the treatment he received was very different from X.

It's not fair.

These retired police dogs have more or less attachment and reluctance to their owners in their hearts, but Zhantian does not. His owner has given up on him, and he has accepted this fact.

Femas couldn't bear to let this poor police dog continue to be in fear, so he wanted to leave it alone and go to the No. 6 cage to have a look.

At this moment, the footsteps of several people came from the door of the kennel, and Femas could tell that Zhang Zian was among them.

After chatting with Lao Yang, Zhang Zian and Lao Yang felt that Fu Tao was a good person, and they could try to hand over the eliminated German shepherds to him. However, before making a final decision, they still wanted to go into the kennel for a field inspection, including the sanitary conditions. And the treatment of police dogs.

So, at their request, Fu Tao led them to the kennel.

Seeing Fei Max, Zhang Zian felt relieved, "Femaz, you came here by yourself? I was still looking for you."

Fu Tao snorted softly, and said, "See, you're nervous. I said it can't be lost in this yard. Where can it go when the gate is closed?"

Zhang Zian smiled embarrassingly, but Lao Yang defended him: "If I had such a dog, I would be nervous too, the whole crew would treat this dog as a baby lump."

Fu Tao said in a low voice with disdain: "What's the air, I'm not a dog who hasn't made a movie..."

Zhang Zian felt that Fu Tao's temper was like that of an old child, so he didn't care. He and Lao Yang walked from No. 1 cage to No. 4 cage. They didn’t have the ability to fly Mars. The police dog in the cage seemed normal to them. Only the X on No. 4 made them stop for a while because of its proud expression. and disabled hind legs.

When they came to cage No. 5, Femas called out to Zhang Zian and said, "It's not quite right."

Zhang Zian and Lao Yang also noticed it one after another. The German shepherd in cage No. 5 seemed to be extremely timid, shrinking in the corner as if afraid of strangers. Is this really a police dog?

Zhang Zian's first thought was whether this dog had been abused by Fu Tao - this was a normal first reaction, because generally speaking, dogs that had been severely abused would be so afraid of people.

If Fu Tao runs a police dog nursing home on the surface, but secretly is a dog abuser, then no matter what, he can't foster German shepherds here...

However, after Zhang Zian observed it carefully, he didn't think it looked like it, because the dog was very strong and had no obvious scars on the outside. It would be too clever to say it was abuse.

Femas explained softly: "It encountered some terrible things during training, and it became like this..."

Zhang Zian was startled, he couldn't figure out what terrible things happened during the training, after all, this dog was not injured or sick, how terrible could it be?

Lao Yang couldn't help asking, "I said, what's the matter with this dog?"

Fu Tao frowned, and said in embarrassment: "This dog... Actually, I don't quite understand what's going on with it. I heard people say that this dog is very timid. I was scared out of my wits during the training. No one wanted it. I Seeing it as pitiful, I accepted it."

Zhan Tian seemed to understand what he said, and lowered his head aggrievedly and whimpered.

As the former trainer of the police dog base, Lao Yang disliked coaxing dogs the most. He thought that dogs could be stupid, but they must not be cowardly, so he immediately lost interest in Zhantian.

Femas shook his head and denied: "It's not cowardly, it's just... sick, and the sickness is in its heart."

Lao Yang and Fu Tao couldn't understand Fei Masi's words, but Zhang Zian could understand, and couldn't help but be more puzzled. Seeing that Fu Tao was about to go forward, he dodged to stop him and said, "Master Fu, can you tell me in detail how this dog was so frightened?"

Fu Tao felt that Zhang Zian was a bit long-winded, and said impatiently: "I don't know the details, anyway, I suddenly got scared during training."

Femas said in a low voice, "It's a flashbang. It saw a flashbang explode nearby during the live-fire training."

Flashbang?

Zhang Zian muttered in his heart, according to common sense, the flash bomb is a non-lethal weapon, would it have such a big impact on this dog? Besides, how are the other dogs all right?

Lao Yang was asking Fu Tao some questions about daily feeding and training. Zhang Zian took out his phone and sent a message to Sun Xiaomeng.

Zhang Zian: "Question: If a police dog sees a flash bomb explosion at close range, will it get sick from fright?"

Sun Xiaomeng did not reply.

Zhang Zian sent a 50 yuan red envelope.

Sun Xiaomeng: "Normally not, but occasionally there are exceptions."

Zhang Zian: "How is that possible? Are dogs so cowardly? This is a police dog!"

After waiting for a while and no reply, Zhang Zian sent a 100 yuan red envelope in pain, and left a message: "This time, finish the sentence in one breath."

Sun Xiaomeng: "This kind of incident is very rare in China, but it has been heard from time to time among the military dogs of the US troops stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan."

Zhang Zi'an said, why is the US military involved...

Sun Xiaomeng: "Just like humans, dogs have emotions, and of course they also have fear and fear. Some mental illnesses are common to dogs, such as PTSD."

Zhang Zian: "PTSD? Talk human!"

Sun Xiaomeng: "PTSD is post-traumatic stress disorder, which often occurs in soldiers returning from the battlefield. They have deep fear of the cruel battlefield and cannot return to normal daily life. It is manifested in mental stress, nightmares, behavior Abnormal, etc. There have been many cases in the United States of veterans who returned from the battlefield going crazy and killing people. These are generally caused by ghostly PTSD. In fact, not only people can suffer from PTSD, but dogs can also suffer from sudden bright light And loud noises are often the trigger.”

Zhang Zian: "... To sum it up, it means that police dogs may suffer from PTSD due to encountering flash bomb explosions at close range?"

Sun Xiaomeng: "It's entirely possible."

Zhang Zian: "What are the specific symptoms?"

Sun Xiaomeng: "There are records showing that the military dogs returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, because they were frequently threatened by car bombs on the battlefield, they will be very sensitive, resist jumping into the car, hide when they see people, and refuse to enter the house when they see the door. , if they are brought into the room by force, they will hide under the bed and furniture, especially afraid of men with long beards... Can you say that these experienced military dogs are cowardly?"

Zhang Zian looked away from the phone screen and looked at the police dog huddled in the corner of the No. 5 cage. Judging from the symptoms described by Sun Xiaomeng, this police dog probably suffered from PTSD.

He sent a message asking: "Can it be cured?"

She didn't reply for a long time, and Zhang Zian was about to give a red envelope to open the way, when she suddenly replied.

Sun Xiaomeng: "Unfortunately, PTSD is very difficult to cure for humans. I heard that the veterinary hospital in the US military is implementing a PTSD treatment plan for military dogs. Even if it cannot fully recover military dogs, it can at least make them It can perform patrol duties and can live a normal life after being discharged from the army. However, since there is no foreign war in our country, no corresponding research has been carried out at present.”

When Zhang Zian sent the message, he kept squatting so that Fei Masi could see the phone screen, and whispered the conversation he had with Sun Xiaomeng to it.

But when he saw this, his heart suddenly moved, and somehow he associated it with Fei Max. He pretended that his legs were sore from squatting, he beat his legs and stood up, and quickly sent a message.

Zhang Zian: "Does PTSD only happen to veterans returning from the battlefield?"

Sun Xiaomeng: "No, seeing all the cruel and terrible scenes, whether natural disasters or man-made disasters, may cause people's hearts to be severely traumatized and suffer from PTSD, including personally experiencing or watching wars, abuses, murders, car accidents, etc."

Zhang Zian asked again: "Is it possible that PTSD causes amnesia?"

Sun Xiaomeng: "Of course it is possible. This is a protective instinct of human beings. The trauma to the soul is too serious. If you don't forget it, you will not be able to live."

Zhang Zian looked down at Femas thoughtfully, and asked again: "What about the dog? If a dog suffers from PTSD, is it possible to lose memory?"

Sun Xiaomeng: "...how do you know if a dog has lost its memory?"

Zhang Zian didn't reply anymore, he put the phone's screen off and put it back in his pocket, pretending that nothing happened.