Zhang Zian got out of the car with Famous. Old Yang turned off the engine and they looked around.
This place was so remote that there wasn't even a passerby NPC. They couldn't find anyone to ask for information.
Just when they were wondering if they should go back home and come back another day, Famous heard some noises. It barked twice in the direction of the low hill, telling Zhang Zian that someone was coming.
Zhang Zian looked over and saw a short, fat man with a German Shepherd in the mottled forest. He seemed to have just come back from walking a dog.
When the figure came closer, Zhang Zian saw a middle-aged man in his fifties or sixties. His hair was short and most of it was white, but he seemed to be in good spirits.
The German Shepherd he was holding seemed to be at least 12 years old. Its teeth were badly worn, and it had a hard time walking. It looked at Famous with bleakness in its eyes, and there was no sense of competitiveness.
Old Yang winked at Zhang Zian, meaning that it was probably this man.
Zhang Zian also thought it was about the same.
Old Yang was wearing a police uniform. Old Yang was about the same age, so he was easy to talk to. He walked up and asked, "Excuse me, brother, are you the owner of this police dog nursing home?"
The man glanced at Famous and shook his head. "This dog is still young. It's too early to send it here."
That being said, he didn't deny that he was the owner of the police dog nursing home.
Old Yang laughed and said, "We are not here to send this dog. We are just here to have a look. There is a batch of dogs that want to be sent here. Here, this is my ID. "
Zhang Zian handed the police dog training base ID to the man in a serious manner.
Zhang Zian was a little embarrassed. He knew that Old Yang was only a cook at the police dog training base. He was neither a trainer nor a police officer, so he was probably not convincing enough.
Sure enough, the man looked at the ID and became even more suspicious. He handed the ID back to Old Yang and asked, "Is it a police dog? If it is a police dog, why didn't it go through the legal channels? I only provide retirement services for police dogs. I don't accept dogs from society. "
"Well... because... that..." Old Yang was speechless. "It's a dog that was eliminated from training. It's not a police dog yet..."
The man frowned and didn't say anything.
Zhang Zian took out a letter from his pocket and handed it to him. "This is a letter of introduction from the Binhai City Criminal Police Unit."
The man was a little surprised. He looked at Zhang Zian again, took the letter, and opened it.
Zhang Zian had asked Sheng Ke to write the letter, and it was stamped with an official seal. No one would be so bored as to forge this.
While the man was reading the letter, Old Yang winked at Zhang Zian, as if to say, "Why didn't you take out the letter earlier?" You made me lose face!
Zhang Zian, on the other hand, was calm. If I had taken it out earlier, how would I have been able to act cool?
After reading the letter, the man returned it to Zhang Zian and said, "Come in."
He unlocked the door and opened it wide.
This place was too remote, and Old Yang was afraid that the car he borrowed from the crew would get lost, so he drove it into the yard. Luckily, the yard was very big, and it could accommodate a dozen more cars.
The yard was like a mini police dog training base. There were training props such as stomping platforms, trenches, jumping and drilling holes, climbing and drilling holes, herringbone boards, obstacle walls, balance bridges, crawling racks, jumping viaducts, fire rings, cable bridges, etc. However, after Zhang Zian took a closer look, he felt that these props were generally smaller than the corresponding props in the police dog training base. Old Yang also noticed this.
Zhang Zian didn't understand why retired dogs still needed to be trained. Wouldn't it be better to go out and enjoy your old age?
There were two rows of gray bungalows in the yard, and an electric tricycle was parked in front of the bungalows. There were some fresh vegetables, potatoes, and carrots in the back of the tricycle.
The sound of the door opening could be heard, and there were dog barks coming from the bungalows.
There were two rows of bungalows, one for kennels, and the other for people.
The man locked the door again, took the German Shepherd into the kennel, and said to Zhang Zian, "Come in and talk."
Zhang Zian and Old Yang followed him into the house, but when they turned around, they found that Famous didn't follow them.
Famous stayed outside, staring at the direction of the kennel thoughtfully.
"Let it play outside. The door is closed, so it won't get lost," the man said.
Zhang Zian nodded. He wasn't afraid that Famous would get lost.
There was a wall-mounted heater installed on the wall. It was probably burning natural gas, so it was quite warm. The temperature in the room was about 18 degrees. Zhang Zian and Old Yang took off their coats and hung them on the coat rack.
"Take a seat," the man gestured, and went to boil water and make tea for the guests.
The furnishings in the room were very simple. They were all old tables and chairs, and the only entertainment facility was a 32-inch TV.
After a while, the man came out of the kitchen with a big iron teapot and three teacups.
"There is nothing to serve. Have a cup of tea to warm yourself up." He poured tea for Zhang Zian and Old Yang, and introduced himself, "My surname is Fu, Fu Tao. I own this nursing home."
Zhang Zian and Old Yang introduced themselves, and explained the purpose of their visit. A group of German Shepherds were looking for a place to settle down, and they wanted to see if this nursing home could accept them. Although these German Shepherds weren't official police dogs, they had received police dog training. They couldn't go back to the police dog training base, and it was difficult for them to be adopted by ordinary people.
This wasn't the only police dog nursing home around Binhai City. Zhang Zian and Old Yang planned to start with this nursing home, and if they didn't like it, they would look for another one.
Before they came, Feng Xuan had promised that part of the crew's budget would be used to settle down these German Shepherds, and they would pay for their living expenses every year until they died of natural causes. He wouldn't add too much extra burden to the nursing home.
Logically speaking, Feng Xuan's offer was very generous, but after Zhang Zian and Old Yang discussed it, they deliberately quoted a low price to Fu Tao. If the price was acceptable to Fu Tao, they would talk about something else.
Fu Tao pondered for a moment, then let out a long sigh. "I have a general idea of the situation. I don't know this Sheng Ke, but before I retired, I was a police dog handler in the Binhai City Police Department, and I have a lot of affection for police dogs. I opened this nursing home because I wanted to raise the German Shepherd that I had been taking care of for a long time, but some of my colleagues sent their dogs to me one after another, saying that they would be more at ease if I took care of them. It's not that they don't want to raise their dogs, but they can't because of certain conditions, so they let me take care of them.
Zhang Zian and Old Yang nodded, waiting for him to continue. What Fu Tao said was very common. The police dog handlers wanted to raise the retired police dogs, but their families didn't agree, or the area they lived in didn't allow them to raise the retired police dogs.
Fu Tao raised his hand and gestured around, "As you can see, I'm the only one here. I want to raise your German Shepherds, but I'm afraid that I won't be able to raise them all. I already have more than ten retired police dogs. If I take another ten, I'm afraid..."
He didn't finish his sentence, but it was obvious what he meant.
Zhang Zian put this matter aside. He had been thinking about a question for a long time, so he couldn't help but ask, "Did you walk the dogs just now? Why not walk a few more at a time? Do you walk them one by one? "
Usually, Wang Qian and Li Kun were responsible for walking the puppies in the pet shop, but they didn't walk them one by one. They usually walked them together in the green space behind the pet shop. How troublesome would it be to walk them one by one?
Fu Tao said with certainty, "Yes, I walk them one by one."
"Are you afraid that they will fight?" Zhang Zian remembered what Xiao Liu had said. These police dogs were very competitive, and they couldn't go on missions together unless they were friends or family.
"No, they are too old to fight," Fu Tao said with a smile. Fu Tao smiled casually. "How should I put it … These police dogs are used to living and training with their owners one-on-one, unlike pet dogs. Even though they are old, they still have dignity, and I want to preserve their dignity."
It was a simple sentence, but it made Zhang Zian's heart skip a beat. He and Old Yang looked at each other silently, thinking that they might have found the person they were looking for.
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