With his back to Zhang Zian, Blackie tore open the beef jerky with great interest and threw it into the cage piece by piece, observing the reactions of the Doberman puppies. Although he didn't know much about dogs, he had heard of the saying "nine dogs and one mastiff." There was no better way to choose the strongest dog in the litter than using food to lure it.
The audience in the broadcast room also felt that Blackie's method was fine.
Snowy saw that Zhang Zian obviously didn't agree with Blackie's method, so she asked on behalf of the audience, "Mr. Store Manager, is there a problem with the beef jerky? Is it too salty? "
She was considering it from a health point of view.
"That's not it. Dogs aren't as sensitive to salt as cats, and it's just a few pieces of beef jerky. Even if it's a little salty, it's fine. Disregarding the dosage and talking about toxicity is just hooliganism." Zhang Zian denied her guess. He was about to explain further when he saw that Blackie had already chosen one of the dogs.
After the beef jerky was thrown into the cage, the puppies all squeezed over to fight for the food.
Blackie noticed that one of the Dobermans puppies seemed to be bigger than the other dogs by more than half a size. Its strength was also greater than that of its siblings. It pushed the other puppies to the side and even fiercely bared its fangs to intimidate the other dogs. It snatched more than half of the beef jerky, and the remaining half was divided among the other puppies.
There was another puppy that was obviously thinner than its siblings. It was squeezed into the corner of the cage, and it didn't even get a bite.
Blackie considered that the dog he had chosen was going to the wild with him, facing all kinds of dangerous environments. The stronger the body, the better, and the fiercer the personality, the better. Thus, he decided to choose the puppy that was slightly bigger.
"Boss, how much for this one?"
Ear cropping was a difficult surgery, and the fee was expensive. The woman bargained with the bald doctor, then looked back and held out four fingers, meaning that it was four thousand.
As a Doberman without a birth certificate, the price of 4,000 was not bad, and there was no rip-off.
Blackie had already made up his mind. If Zhang Zian had no objections, he would choose this puppy.
Zhang Zian walked over and waved his hand. "Don't be in a rush to decide."
He saw that the beef jerky had already been eaten, so he extended a hand to the side of the cage and snapped his fingers.
Different puppies reacted differently when they heard the snapping sound.
Some puppies ignored him and stared nervously at the crowd. Some puppies were not interested in the snapping and stared at Blackie, hoping that Blackie would throw more beef in. The rest of the puppies, including the smaller puppy, immediately stared at Zhang Zian's fingers and moved their ears.
Zhang Zian randomly moved his fingers around the cage, snapping his fingers from time to time to observe the puppies' reactions.
A different reaction appeared once more.
The puppies that hadn't been staring at the finger just now started to stare at it. The puppies that had been staring at the finger realized that it was meaningless and turned their attention elsewhere. There were also some puppies that didn't react to the finger snap at all.
On the other hand, the smaller puppy showed a strong interest in the finger snap. Wherever Zhang Zian moved his finger, it would follow. Even through the cage, Zhang Zian could feel its eagerness to find out what was going on.
"This one is better." Zhang Zian pointed to the smaller puppy and suggested, "Of course, this is just my suggestion. The final choice is still up to you."
Blackie felt a little confused. He didn't know what Zhang Zian's criteria were, but he still asked the woman, "What about this one? How much is this one? "
The woman looked back again and uttered a curt sentence with a local accent.
"What?"
Blackie wasn't a local, so he didn't understand what she was saying.
Although Snowy was a local, she had spoken Mandarin since she was a child and didn't know how to speak the local language.
Zhang Zian also didn't know how to speak the local language, but he could understand it. He explained for them, "She said, 'Litter dog, not worth much. Take it for three thousand."
"Litter dog?"
This was another new term. Snowy and Blackie were confused, but from the woman's expression, they guessed that it wasn't a compliment.
It was the first time the netizens had heard this strange term. Even those who had dogs at home hadn't heard 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 isn't that big, but because it can't compete with other siblings for milk and food, it doesn't get enough nutrition, so the difference in size is slowly widening."
"I understand the reasoning, but why did you choose this dog?" Snowy raised the question on behalf of Blackie and the netizens in the live broadcast room.
Zhang Zian pointed to the bag of beef jerky in Blackie's hand. "First of all, it's useless to lure puppies with food. As long as it's not a sick puppy, all puppies have a strong demand and enthusiasm for food."
"What are your criteria for choosing a dog?" he said to Blackie. "Is it to choose a good dog? Is it to choose a dog that can beat its opponent in a dogfighting competition? Otherwise, why would you choose 'strong' as the criteria? "
Blackie seemed to understand a little.
Zhang Zian answered his own question. "Neither. You want to choose a partner in Man vs. Wild. In fact, for dogs, especially for working dogs, intelligence, excitement, and concentration are more important attributes than whether the dog is strong or not. You know, even the descendants of German Shepherds imported from Germany at the police dog training base were eliminated because of lack of concentration and obedience, but none of them were eliminated because they weren't strong enough. "
"It's like a person. What's the difference if your strength is 100 or 120? How many opportunities do you usually have to fight? But whether your intelligence is 100 or 120, there's a big difference. " Zhang Zian pointed to the slightly smaller puppy. "Its excitement and concentration to sound are remarkable, especially when I stopped snapping my fingers. It quickly calmed down, which proves that its stability is also good. Compared to other dogs, its training difficulty will be reduced by several levels."
"But … when customers go to your shop to buy a dog, you don't remind them like this …" Snowy had been to the Amazing Fate Pet Shop several times and immediately noticed the contradiction.
It was the first time she heard such a statement. When customers in the pet shop bought a dog, Zhang Zian only gave them suggestions on the breed. He didn't interfere with which individual dog they chose.
The netizens, especially those who had bought dogs from his shop, immediately claimed that they wanted to defend their rights. Why did Zhang Zian favor one dog over another? Was it because Blackie had an eight-pack?
Zhang Zian responded smoothly, "That's because I have already screened the dogs in advance at the breeding base and selected the dogs suitable for training to bring back to the pet shop. Do you think that the price of the pets in my shop is higher than in other shops is because I'm asking for sky-high prices?"
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