The famous comic character Snoopy was based on a Beagle. Although Snoopy and the Beagle didn't look alike in terms of appearance and fur color, many true fans could recognize Snoopy's real body even if it was blurred out and mosaiced.
The girl who just came in was obviously a loyal fan of Snoopy. She screamed in surprise as soon as she entered the door.
A little kid like Little Money had never seen Snoopy's manga or anime, so he didn't know what the big sister was yelling about. He was still crying and begging to buy the Beagle.
Zhang Zian recognized that the new girl was the morning runner who had passed by the pet shop in the past few mornings. She was tall, wearing a sports blouse, tight pants, and a professional anti-smog mask that covered most of her face. Her hat was pressed down to her forehead, and she was also wearing protective glasses. Zhang Zian couldn't see what she looked like, but he could tell from her curved eyes that she was a kind girl.
She suddenly realized that she had lost her composure, and immediately bowed to everyone at a 45-degree angle. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I was so excited to see Snoopy! Sorry for the trouble! I'm sorry! "
Even if she had screamed, she didn't have to apologize like this, right? It wasn't something to apologize for. Snowy was very polite, but this girl's etiquette seemed to be a bit too considerate, which made everyone a little nervous.
"Um... it's okay. Are you here to buy a pet?" Zhang Zian asked.
"Ah, yes, I want to see it. I like Snoopy very much!" she said while gesturing, still bowing slightly while speaking.
As the saying goes, it's not strange for people to be polite, but she was too polite, which made everyone feel strange. Ordinary people didn't talk like that, so Zhang Zian asked tentatively, "Forgive me for asking — where are you from?"
The sports girl took off her protective glasses and mask, and said apologetically, "Nice to meet you. My name is Masanori Suzuhara, and I'm an international student from Japan. When I was in Japan, I heard Professor Wu Mingzhen's speech, and I know that there is a very famous pet shop in Binhai City. I wanted to come and see it. I happened to learn Chinese, so I applied to be an exchange student at Binhai University. I will stay in China for a semester. "
What?
Zhang Zian and Snowy were surprised. She turned out to be an international student from Japan. No wonder they had never seen her running in the morning before.
"You speak Chinese very well," he complimented. "I didn't recognize you as a foreigner."
"Yes, your Chinese is very good!" Snowy echoed.
"Thank you," Masanori Suzuhara said respectfully.
"My name is Zhang Zian, and I am the shop owner. Actually, I wanted to ask … I saw you running in the morning a few days ago. Why didn't you come in until today? "
She smiled shyly and said, "I'm not sure if this is the right place, and I'm sorry for disturbing you. I saw other customers in the shop today, so I mustered up the courage to come in …"
Zhang said in his heart, "Masanori Suzuhara ran too early. How can there be customers at that early?"
What surprised him even more was that Masanori Suzuhara only knew about the Amazing Fate Pet Shop through Wu Mingzhen's speech!
Wu Mingzhen was the president of the Changqiao City Pet Exchange Promotion Association, who had been to the shop once before. He had a wealth of knowledge about pets and had done a lot of research on books such as The Classic of Cats Appreciation that had been passed down from ancient times. Since then, he had communicated with Zhang Zian on the Internet several times, and they had learned a lot from each other.
When he left, he claimed that he would help Zhang Zian promote his pet shop overseas, and even invited Zhang Zian to an overseas exhibition, but Zhang Zian didn't take it seriously. He didn't expect that he would really attract a foreign customer, and this girl was an exchange student at Binhai University.
Qian Bowen's description of his dog stirred up a lot of discussion among the netizens in the live broadcast room. They even ignored the Japanese girl who just came in.
"He shouldn't have a dog at all!"
"He can have a dog, like a Samoyed. My Samoyed doesn't bark from morning to night. I thought it was mute when I bought it."
"Beagles love to bark. My uncle used to have a Beagle, and it made him think about life all day long. My grandpa almost had a heart attack!"
"Actually, I have a way to stop the dog from barking with a gadget!"
"What gadget? Don't keep me in suspense. Tell me! "
"Do you know about the electric shock collar? It's a magical thing! After you put it on the dog, if it barks or bites, you can adjust the intensity of the electric shock, and you can control it from hundreds of meters away. You don't need to use a leash when you walk the dog... "
"Is it really that magical?"
"I'm not lying to you. Several dog owners nearby use this thing. It's very useful!"
"I've used the electric shock collar before. The principle seems to sense the vibration of the vocal cords. It's not as magical as you say, but it's somewhat useful..."
Snowy read the netizens' discussion and asked curiously, "Mr. Store Manager, what is the electric shock collar? Everyone says that this thing can stop dogs from barking and biting. Is it true? "
"What?"
Qian Bowen heard Snowy's words and thought that it would be good if there was such a convenient thing. If it was really useful, he would buy it even if it was expensive. If the dog barked in the middle of the night, he didn't need to get out of bed. He could just press the remote control to shut the dog up. How convenient!
His old Beagle had been beaten, scolded, and starved because of its barking, but it was completely useless. Instead, it barked even more violently. If the electric shock collar was effective, it would really solve a big problem.
"Please don't! Snoopy is very pitiful! " Masanori Suzuhara panicked and stood in front of the display cabinet, as if she was worried that Zhang Zian would really put the electric shock collar on the Beagle.
She looked sad and repeated in a low voice, "Snoopy is very pitiful... Snoopy is very pitiful..."
Zhang Zian noticed that her expression was strange. He also noticed that she was not saying "dogs are very pitiful," but "Beagle is very pitiful." Had she raised a Beagle before? Or had she been in close contact with a Beagle?
Qian Bowen interrupted his reverie and asked earnestly, "Store Manager Zhang, do you have an electric shock collar here? Is this thing really useful? "
He was really annoyed by the barking of dogs, and he was almost at the bottom of his tolerance. Suddenly hearing a seemingly folk remedy, he was desperate to find a doctor, as if he had found a life-saving straw.
Zhang Zian shook his head, comforted Masanori Suzuhara, and said, "Don't worry, I don't have an electric shock collar here, and I won't put one on the dogs in my shop. This thing is evil, and a gentleman like me won't do it."
Masanori Suzuhara was relieved, but the netizens in the live broadcast room were distressed. They couldn't bear to see this girl who didn't know the truth get cheated, and they all called on Snowy to tell her about Zhang Zian's nature as a pretentious, swindler, and sexual harasser.
Zhang Zian explained to Qian Bowen, "I've heard of the electric shock collar. As for whether it can stop dogs from barking and biting … To be honest, it depends on the dog, and you can't generalize it. The electric shock collar may have some effect, but don't deify it too much. After all, it's just an auxiliary training tool, and you can't abuse it. What is abuse? Just like what the netizen said, if you walk your dog without a leash and wait for it to run away, you can shock it. This is abuse. You know, after you shock it, it may have the opposite effect. It may be scared and run away, or even get lost, instead of running back. "
A netizen agreed, "I agree with the store manager. Put yourself in someone else's shoes, and I don't agree with putting electric shock collars on dogs. If anyone thinks being shocked is enjoyable, you can ask Professor Yang to try it. I'm sure it'll feel great!"
Zhang Zian pointed to Zhan Tian and said, "The real scientific training method is like how the trainers at the police dog training base train police dogs. They pay attention to rewards and punishments. Do you think you can train police dogs with electric shock collars? Absolutely not. It's just that people want to be lazy. "
Qian Bowen smiled bitterly. "Store Manager Zhang, I don't expect to train a dog like a police dog, and I don't have that ability. I just want it to stop barking … Is there any good way?"
"Of course there is a way. Didn't you just ask me why the Beagle in my shop doesn't bark often, even if I don't train it? "Zhang Zian said.
This question had been bothering Qian Bowen since just now. Why did his hard training of his dog have no effect? Instead, it barked more than the dogs in the pet shop?
Snowy and Vivi were also listening attentively.
Zhang Zian raised his chin and motioned for them to observe Little Money, who was squatting on the ground.
"In fact, dogs are very similar to children. The more attached a dog is to its owner, the more it wants its owner to pay more attention to it. It wants to accompany and play with its owner 24 hours a day. But this is obviously not realistic. We have to work, study, and do housework. We can't be with the dog 24 hours a day, which is not what the dog wants. Dogs don't understand this. They just want their owner to accompany them more. So how can they get their owner's attention? It's very simple, just bark. "
Qian Bowen, Snowy, and Vivi seemed to understand something, but they didn't fully understand.
Zhang Zian continued, "Except for a few dogs, most dogs are very smart. When they come to a new home, they will test their owner and establish a code of conduct based on this. Therefore, when you buy a dog home, if it likes to bark, what you should do at this time is not to punish it, let alone reward it with snacks, or even not to look at it. If it wants to bark, let it bark. Treat it coldly, and soon it will understand the fact that barking can't get the owner's attention. It is a waste of energy, and there is no point in it. "
"Is it like a child?" He laughed. "Children cry and act shamelessly to get the attention and sympathy of adults. This is a way of negotiation. If the adults are softhearted and give in to their demands, they will subconsciously realize that they can use crying to force the adults to give in next time, as long as they cry louder."
Qian Bowen, Snowy, Vivi, and the netizens in the live broadcast room were enlightened. What Qian Bowen did before was wrong. As soon as his Kiddo barked, he would run to feed it or stop barking. For the Beagle, who was very close to its owner, scolding and beating it was better than being ignored and ignored by its owner. As long as it barked, it would see its owner. Therefore, it barked even more intensely, hoping to get more attention from its owner, and it succeeded.
Hearing Zhang Zian's words, Little Money also stopped wiping its tears.
Zhang Zian pointed at Zhan Tian and said, "Basically every morning, I take this retired police dog out for training. Before you came into the shop, it rubbed my leg, asking why you didn't go out today. I told it that it was foggy outside today and that it should wait. So it quietly lay down and waited for me, because it understood that my decision was irrevocable. Barking and acting shamelessly would not make any sense. "
He then raised his hand and pointed to the display cabinets with puppies. "When these puppies first arrived, they barked very loudly, especially the Beagle. When other dogs barked, it barked louder than anyone else. However, I ignored them. They barked if they wanted to. Except for the daily feeding, cleaning, and walking, I ignored them even if they barked until their throats were hoarse. Don't worry about them barking because they are sick or uncomfortable. When they are sick or uncomfortable, they should be listless. How can they have the physical strength to bark?"
Qian Bowen looked at his son thoughtfully. Was Zhang Zian just teaching him how to raise a dog? No, Zhang Zian was clearly hinting at how he should educate his child.
If Zhang Zian guessed correctly, Shi Shi and Liu Sanlang's Labrador might be the same. They paid too much attention to it. When it barked, they ran to care for it and made it happy, which made it develop the bad habit of barking and disturbing people.
He looked at Snowy's camera and said to the netizens in the live broadcast room, "I used to say that raising a cat is like opening a harem — the more, the better. Raising a dog is like raising a son — the most important thing is the quality, not the quantity. Because cats can be pampered, they are not very destructive, and they rarely go out, but not dogs. Dogs must be trained. But don't get me wrong. The so-called training does not refer to the regular training. Proper cold treatment is also a training method, and a very important training method. If you don't want your dog to become a bad dog that disturbs people, you must learn to ignore it when it barks. Only when it is quiet, play with it and feed it. "
"How about it? Do you understand?" He smiled at Qian Bowen. "As long as it is trained properly, it does not need tools like electric shock collars."
Qian Bowen held Zhang Zian's hand and was so excited that he was incoherent, "Store Manager Zhang, thank you so much! I … I … I … I really … really regret it! "
He had racked his brains to train the dog, but because of the wrong training, it had the opposite effect. Now he was enlightened, and his self-confidence, which had been destroyed by the Beagle, was restored.
Zhang Zian withdrew his hand, shook his head, and said, "I can only tell you the theory. It's not easy to put it into practice. You need to discuss it with your family. When the Beagle barks, everyone has to ignore it, including the guests. Even if anyone is soft-hearted and responds to its barking, it will be encouraged and bark even harder … I still don't recommend you to keep a Beagle. It's okay if you're alone, but with your wife and children …"
Beagles were special. This kind of dog was too affectionate. It would rather be beaten than bark to gain the attention of its owner. Men could be cruel and bear it, but women and children would easily be soft-hearted when they hear it barking. Once they were soft-hearted, all previous efforts would be wasted, and bad habits would be hard to change.
Qian Bowen hesitated again. He was confident that he would not repeat the same mistakes, but could his wife and children bear it? He knew very well how his wife and children spoiled the dog. Even if they had been fed dog food before meals, they would still pick up the ribs on the table and feed it to Xiao Guai when it jumped on their legs at lunch …
"I want Xiao Guai! Dad! Let's buy Xiao Guai, okay? "Little Money jumped up from the ground and approached the Beagle display case.
"Did you hear what I said just now? Raising this kind of dog is a technical job. When it barks, you can't talk to it. When it stops barking, you can only feed it and play with it. Can you do that? "Qian Bowen asked.
"Of course, I can do that!" Little Money answered without hesitation.
Even Snowy and Vivi could see that Little Money didn't think about it at all. It was just a perfunctory answer. After buying the dog, he would forget about it.
Qian Bowen knew that his son was capricious and naughty, but he still had hope. The Beagle in the shop had been treated coldly by Zhang Zian, and it didn't bark as much as the one at home. Maybe he could give it a try?
The netizens in the live broadcast room advised him not to be silly. The naughty kid's words could not be taken seriously. If he bought the Beagle, he would definitely hurt himself and others. Unfortunately, he couldn't see the bullet screen.
"This kind of dog seems to be really difficult to raise. If you want to buy a dog, you should buy another dog …" Snowy persuaded him euphemistically.
Little Money saw that the situation was not right. He grinned, wiped the corners of his eyes and sobbed, "No! I want Xiao Guai! Woo! I want Xiao Guai! If you don't buy it for me, I won't leave. At most, I will buy it with my New Year's money! Woo! "
His trick worked every time. He thought that as long as he cried, his father would satisfy his request. However, after wiping his tears for a full ten minutes, no one persuaded him to stop crying.
Little Money peeped through his fingers. His father was asking Zhang Zian for some tips on raising a dog. Snowy was introducing different types of cats to Vivi. Masanori Suzuhara was staring at the Beagle intently, as if she was recalling something. No one paid attention to him.
What was going on? Why didn't this trick work?
He was so surprised that he even forgot to continue crying.
Seeing that he stopped crying, Qian Bowen turned around and smiled, "Okay, then you can buy it with your New Year's money. But aren't you going to buy the Switch with your New Year's money? If you buy a dog, you won't be able to buy a game console. You can only continue to play with your classmate's game console. "
Little Money was stunned. His father seemed to be serious this time.
The image of the Switch appeared in his mind. He had to buy a game console and a game. His New Year's money was already very tight.
Dog or Switch, that was a problem.
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