"Two hundred thousand once! Two hundred thousand twice! Two hundred thousand three times! Deal!"
As the auctioneer said the word "deal", Xia Xu's heart, which had been in his throat, finally relaxed. He sat back in the chair as if he had collapsed, and only after taking a deep breath did he regain his energy.
After taking a breath, Xia Xu did not stay any longer. In order to avoid any further complications, he went straight to pay the money. At the same time, he also saw the black-backed Kunming dog.
“Take care of it.”
A middle-aged man in uniform, who should be a policeman, handed the dog leash to Xia Xu, and explained in detail some things to take care of and Atuo's personality.
"Don't worry, I will take good care of it. I can't say anything else, but it will definitely eat, drink, play and sleep better than me."
Xia Xu nodded with a smile, and waited until the police left before he squatted down and looked at "Atuo".
As expected of a well-trained police dog, although it did not behave very intimately after being handed over to Xia Xu, it was very well-behaved.
It neither barked nor moved, but just squatted on the ground, looking around with a vigilant look in its eyes, as if it were a lonely and loyal guard watching over any movement around.
This is a mixed-blood Kunming dog, but its overall appearance is no different from that of a normal Kunming dog.
Usually Kunming Dogs have three coat colors: wolf green, grass yellow, and black back. The characteristics are literally what they mean and are very obvious. For example, this Atuo has a black back, with yellow hair but a black back.
In addition, the German Shepherd often has black hair on its face, but Atuo has a clean face, with mainly yellow hair without any other colors. At first glance, he looks a bit like a wolf.
"Just a little thinner."
Xia Xu smiled and touched the dog's head, stroking it smoothly from the head to the back, then moved back to the dog's head and rubbed it angrily a few times.
No wonder so many people like to pet furry pets, it really feels good.
"Woof."
I don't know if it was because of the "angry dog head rubbing" or because he understood Xia Xu's muttering, but Atuo shouted, but there was no malicious intent, it was more like a rebuttal.
"Hey, being thin is being thin, why don't you let people say it?"
Xia Xuchun thought that Atuo was really arguing, so he laughed and said, "You can't beat others, and you were eliminated. Isn't it frustrating?"
The selection of working dogs requires great care. They cannot be too weak in aggressiveness, nor can they be too strong in aggressiveness. They cannot be too stupid, nor can they be too smart.
For example, the Border Collie, which often tops the list of dog IQ, is a shepherd dog like the German Shepherd, but now it is basically just kept as a pet. Almost none of them are selected as police dogs or military dogs. However, the German Shepherd is recognized as a top working dog worldwide.
This does not mean that Border Collies are inferior to German Shepherds in quality. On the contrary, Border Collies have higher IQs and learn and train faster.
But because they are too smart, when they encounter danger, their reaction is likely to be "Why don't you go?", and they will hesitate even if they obey orders.
In addition, there are Huskies who have character flaws, which is also an extreme, the second extreme.
There are many situations like this, so the reasons why these trained dogs are eliminated are also varied. Some are weak and small, some are timid or, on the contrary, too timid, some are too stupid, too smart, and even hammer-type bloodline, soft ears, soft hind limbs, etc. can be reasons for elimination.
And Atuo is a relatively special one among these eliminated dogs. The policeman just gave him a lot of instructions and advice.
The Kunming Dog is a new breed formed through gene selection through mixing and crossbreeding. Their own genes are already very stable and excellent, but if they are mixed with other dog breeds, they will inevitably be affected.
Perhaps it was due to genetic defects and deterioration caused by the hybridization or something else, Atuo inherited the appearance and all aspects of the Kunming dog, but failed to maintain that strong physique.
It performed very well in various trainings, but its size was always two or three times smaller than other police dogs, and its physical performance was also very poor. This was the main reason why it was eliminated.
Moreover, this is a dog with a very aggressive character, or to be more precise, a strong character. The weaker its physical condition, the harder it fights and trains, and it often gets itself covered in bruises if it is not careful.
Therefore, other eliminated dogs were eliminated because of low excitability and low desire to pick up objects, but Atuo was the only one who was overexcited.
Fortunately, apart from its physical fitness, its personality is that of a typical Kunming dog. It is very loyal and dependent on its owner, highly obedient, and will never hurt people easily. Otherwise, the base would not necessarily put it up for auction.
"Woo~"
Atuo is very intelligent and smart. After Xia Xu finished speaking, it whimpered in its throat and lay down on the ground.
Xia Xu seemed to see a hunched and lonely shadow in it, and even felt an obvious depressed mood in it.
"Haha, don't worry, don't worry. I'm telling you, if you follow me from now on, I guarantee you'll have delicious food and drinks, and I'll also have an exclusive secret recipe that will make it easy for you to become the overlord among dogs."
Xia Xu smiled and reached out to embrace the two dog heads. At first, the two of them seemed to be arm in arm, but soon Xia Xu could not help but smiled and rubbed the dog heads alone.
"Boy, do you want to sell this dog? I'll give you an extra 100,000, but it'll take two days to raise the money."
While the man and the dog were bonding, Meng Long came over with the German Shepherd 'Heige' that he had photographed.
"You just signed a written promise not to resell or transfer it, and you forgot about it?"
Xia Xu turned around when he heard the voice, feeling speechless and impatient.
“Qi, it’s just to scare the kids, not to mention that these are just trained dogs, there’s no return visit at all.
Even if it is a retired police dog, do you really think that people from all over the world will come to check on your dog? The law also stipulates that gambling and selling "meat" are not allowed. "
Meng Long sneered disapprovingly.
"Then there's nothing to say. Go out and ask around. I'm well-known for being law-abiding."
Xia Xu shook his head: "I won't sell it to you, you can go now."
"you… "
Meng Long had already been frustrated and was full of anger, and when he heard Xia Xu's words, he immediately got furious. He was about to lose his temper, but he saw two policemen coming over, so he had to swallow most of what he was going to say.
"Okay, wait and see."
With a snort and some harsh words, Meng Long walked away with his dog.
"Alas... why bother? I hate waiting the most, and I hate potential threats even more."
Xia Xu sighed helplessly, grabbed Atuo's dog head and rubbed it on both sides of his cheeks: "Atuo, can you really understand what I say? If you can, remember the smell of that person just now, and then call out."
This is just a joking soliloquy.
As he finished speaking, he was actually ready to get up and go to the auction house to look for cigarette butts, or simply ask the training base for some toys from that 'black guy'.
As for why we are looking for these... Of course it is to make use of the olfactory tracking skills of police dogs, or all canines.
He planned to wait for Meng Long to walk a little further away, and then take Atuo to follow him from a distance to see if it worked. If that didn't work, he would ask Lao Yang to come and check on this man.
He had not forgotten the information he had seen on Meng Long's attribute panel before, and had not intended to cause any trouble, but since he kept asking him to "wait", he could only be a red scarf for once.
It's a good opportunity for the consulting company to open for business, maybe I can make some money back.