Luke didn't use too much force. He simply stopped Dollar from rolling around as it struggled. With Quick Reflexes and enough Dexterity, it was easy for him to do that.
When he touched Dollar, he found that it was trembling all over. To be more precise, it was convulsing.
Also, its heart was beating very fast and it was breathing very quickly. There was panic and pain in its eyes, but it subconsciously looked at Selina next to it, as if asking for help.
Frowning, Luke picked up Dollar with one hand and threw Selina on his back with the other. "Let's go to the ranch down the mountain. Grandpa has a vet there."
Saying that, he ran down the mountain like a gust of wind.
Five minutes later, two people and one dog rushed into the ranch.
A cowboy looked at them strangely. "Huh? Luke, Selina, what … are you doing?"
In the time it took for him to speak, the two of them had already run quite a distance.
Luke's voice rang out. "Bart, where's Ferreira? Dollar doesn't seem to be feeling well. "
The cowboy hurriedly replied loudly, "In the cowshed."
"Thanks." Luke's voice rang out in the distance, and was soon gone.
Bart scratched his head. "What's the rush?" He didn't think too much of it, and continued with what he was doing.
Luke rushed to the cowshed and put Selina down as he shouted, "Ferreira?"
A moment later, an old voice replied from inside the cowshed, "Who is it?"
Luke said, "… Grandpa, Selina's Dollar doesn't seem to be feeling well. I'm going to look for Ferreira."
"Ferreira, forget about the cow for now. Come out and take a look," the old voice shouted loudly.
Very soon, two men walked out of the cowshed.
The one in front was an old man with white hair and a face full of wrinkles.
He had two red spots on his cheeks that were common to people here. His face was thin and long, and his eyes weren't big, but they were full of spirit. "Luke, what's going on?"
Luke put Dollar on the ground and hugged the old man affectionately. "We took Dollar up the mountain to play, and it suddenly felt unwell. It's twitching, and looks like it's in pain."
The old man's hug wasn't vague at all. He gave him a firm hug and called out, "Ferreira, go take a look."
The middle-aged man behind him responded and crouched down to check on Dollar.
The old man finally turned around and punched Luke in the shoulder. "How long has it been since you last visited me?"
Luke said helplessly, "Grandpa, aren't we here now? I still want to eat dinner here. The texture of the steak here is incomparable to the one at home. "
The old man laughed and punched him again. "Did you come here just for the steak?"
As he spoke, he said to Selina, "Alright, Selina, don't be too nervous. Ferreira is an experienced vet."
Ferreira, the middle-aged man who was examining Dollar on the ground, rolled his eyes. "Drax, I usually examine cows, sheep, and horses. Dogs aren't in my range of treatment."
Luke's grandfather, Old Drax, immediately scolded, "Cut the crap. Just do what you need to do."
Luke smiled bitterly.
The people on the ranch were just that straightforward.
Selina was still on the side, but Ferreira said that he wasn't a professional when it came to treating a dog.
It was his grandfather, who was old and shrewd, who immediately interrupted Ferreira's honest words.
Ferreira, however, raised his head. "I say, are you mistaken? Dollar is a little weak, but it's not as bad as you say, right? Its heartbeat is normal, and there's nothing wrong with it. Also, you didn't feed it? I think … it's starving. "
Luke and Selina: "What?"
Luke couldn't help but crouch down to examine Dollar again, and found that the abnormalities from earlier were gone.
Everything was as Ferreira had said.
Apart from looking a little weak, there was nothing wrong with Dollar.
Looking at Dollar, who was licking his hand, Luke rubbed its big head and was puzzled.
He wasn't a noob who didn't know any medical knowledge, and had long since learned how to give first aid on the battlefield.
While dogs and humans were very different, his basic judgment wouldn't be wrong.
There was indeed something wrong with Dollar just now.
But now, Dollar was back to normal except for the rumbling of its stomach.
Luke was puzzled, but didn't retort.
There was no need to argue about who was right or wrong. Ferreira wasn't wrong.
Luke could study Dollar's condition in private.
"Fine, maybe we forgot to give Dollar breakfast." He quickly admitted his mistake. "Grandpa, it looks like we have to get it something to eat first."
Drax laughed and put his arm around Luke's shoulder. "Let's go. I'll let you eat my Tycoon Barbie Q today."
Luke was speechless.
What was a Tycoon Barbie Q? That was … meat, lots and lots of meat!
There was bacon stuffed in meat, sausages in roast meat, and so on.
Also, the meat was served at the same time, which was definitely good news for carnivores.
After greeting Selina, they went to Drax's house.
As a rancher, Drax's house wasn't small, although he wasn't a tycoon.
The spacious wooden house was built with its back to the mountain, and the wide porch could even be used as a living room.
Luke followed Drax into the house and found some food for Dollar first.
It was old and couldn't eat too much indigestible food. Luke could only get some goat milk for it to drink first.
When Luke entered the house, he chatted with his grandpa Drax as he crushed a piece of fresh beef with a grinder. He then stirred the meat with water until it was cooked, turning it into something similar to meat paste.
He quickly cooled the meat paste with water before he carried it out.
Outside on the porch, Dollar was already licking the food bowl noisily.
Luke asked helplessly, "Did we really feed it too little for breakfast?"
Selina looked at the spirited Dollar and was a little confused. "No, I asked Mom. That's how much it usually eats. It can't eat any more."
Luke didn't want to dwell on this issue. He pushed Dollar's hungry dog head away and poured a third of the warm meat paste into the food bowl.
Dollar wagged its tail like crazy and started slurping up the food.
Luke and Selina looked at each other in bewilderment. They hadn't seen Dollar eat like this in years.
Golden retrievers were big mouths among dogs, and it was normal for them to finish a bowl of noodles in five seconds.
But Dollar had aged in recent years, and its appetite had gotten worse and worse, so it ate slowly.
Looking at how Dollar was eating now, it looked like it had suddenly become seven or eight years younger.
In less than two minutes, Dollar had licked the bowl clean and raised its head to look at the meat paste in Luke's hands.
Luke gave the meat paste to Selina. "Let me see if it's full first." He then hugged Dollar and rubbed its belly.
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