Animal Detective

Chapter 103 Yes, it's a police dog.

Lu Youwei also got Shen Xin a training manual from the Nanjiang Police Dog Base.

It's quite a thick book.

While Shen Xin was out setting up the cage for the black leopard, he took the opportunity to look through it.

I realized then that training a police dog is truly not easy.

No wonder Jiang Wengang's eyes light up when he mentions drug-sniffing dogs.

The selection of puppies goes without saying; it's definitely a targeted breeding program, choosing the best of the best, and a significant investment is made every year to import breeding dogs.

Then, starting at 3 months old, these puppies will begin training.

This stage alone is divided into four subjects: Subject 1, Subject 2, Subject 3, and Subject 4.

For example, the first subject in my hand is to first cultivate a close relationship between the puppy and its handler.

From a young age, puppies should be given food and guided to focus on the trainer's hand, thus developing the habit of following hand gestures.

The final requirement is to keep the puppy's attention on the trainer at all times, so that the puppy becomes anxious if the trainer leaves the puppy's side even for a moment.

That would be the optimal state, because when performing tasks in the future, the police dog's attention will always be on its handler, and it will obey commands.

The second part of the training involves cultivating the puppy's natural instinct to chase objects, and the third part is physical fitness, with a minimum of five kilometers per day.

The final step is socialization, which involves adapting to a complex and ever-changing social environment.

There are four subjects, and unqualified puppies will be constantly eliminated. Only about four or five out of ten puppies will actually pass all the training.

This is only the first stage; there is still a lot of professional skills training to come.

No wonder every police dog at the police dog base is treated like a precious treasure.

If you raise someone like this, what's the difference between this and raising a child?

However, with Shen Xin, these steps can be skipped.

Having a good impression is enough.

Police dog training bases train police dogs, but humans and dogs are different species and cannot establish a close relationship.

And his talent is equivalent to communicating directly with animals.

Focus and obedience are not issues at all, as long as there is a positive impression.

Just like Da Mei, last time she was assigned to climb the pipes for camera reconnaissance, which was just Shen Xin giving the order directly, and she executed it perfectly.

So this police dog manual is useful, but not very practical.

Shen Xin's approach was simple: cultivate goodwill.

"This dog is so beautiful."

Just then, the owner of the door and window shop praised him.

He looked envious; it was clear he was also a dog lover.

"Of course." Shen Xin rubbed the black panther's head and said with a proud look.

If you've chosen it yourself, it must be good.

This praise, especially since it was given face-to-face, was a form of recognition from its master. Black Panther enjoyed Shen Xin's tickling, and its favorability rating increased by one point.

While the boss was welding the cage, the two started chatting.

The owner said he used to own a dog, a wolfhound, which was very smart and a great help in watching over his shop. Unfortunately, it was targeted by dog ​​thieves and stolen.

He still feels regretful to this day, and when he talks about it, he tilts his head back, his eyes getting a little moist.

"I've never owned a dog since then."

The boss sighed and asked again if Black Panther was particularly powerful in combat.

Shen Xin nodded. He hadn't tried it, but he was considering training them as riot control dogs, as their combat effectiveness would definitely be improved.

Shen Xin decided to go back and find some videos of dogfighting so that Black Panther could watch them.

Just like Da Mei watching Tom and Jerry, she's been watching it a lot lately and keeps trying to sneak out whenever Shen Xin opens the door. She probably misses the days of catching mice.

The boss nodded in deep agreement, then said, "By the way, there's a stray dog ​​nearby that's incredibly tough, the kind that's unbeatable in the area."

"Oh?"

Shen Xin immediately became interested.

Isn't this the bully of dogs?

That bully in my family is unrivaled in the neighborhood.

The shopkeeper nodded and said, "It's true, I'm not lying to you. That dog is really good at fighting. You know, stray dogs usually don't live very long, but this dog is different. It has lived in this area for many years."

"And it's also very smart and holds grudges. I remember last year when I was taking out the trash, I saw it leading a few dogs rummaging through the trash cans. I shouted twice to try and shoo them away, and guess what? The next day, there were several piles of dog poop right in front of my shop."

"It happened for several days in a row, and that's when I knew it must have been this dog."

Shen Xin was incredulous. If what the boss said was true, then this dog was intelligent.

"And then what happened?" Shen Xin asked in return.

The owner said, "At first I thought about catching the dog and getting revenge, but then I thought better of it. Then I left some food at the door, and the next day when the food was gone, the dog poop never appeared again."

Shen Xin thought to himself, "Wow, this dog is quite particular."

Hearing the boss's exaggerated description, Shen Xin became interested and asked the boss to start welding, promising to come back for it later. He then asked the boss where the dog usually roamed.

"It's just ahead on Hongtu Road. Isn't there a vegetable market over there? The stray dogs from around here often roam the road behind the market. They're practically human; they don't even shy away from people in broad daylight." The shopkeeper pointed into the distance. "Black Panther, let's go."

Without saying a word, Shen Xin gave a call and set off with Black Panther.

It was almost five o'clock in the afternoon, and the market was getting crowded.

Shen Xin wasn't sure which road the boss was referring to, so he turned into the small road between the vegetable market and the neighboring Xiaoyuan Sancun village based on his intuition.

After walking around, I did see a stray dog, but it wasn't the one the owner had mentioned.

The dog looked like a brindle, but its color was much lighter, and it was much larger, almost like a wolfhound. It didn't have any of the distinctive features like black markings or four eyes.

It was undoubtedly fabricated.

Once they reached the main road, Shen Xin turned back the way he came.

Halfway there, they suddenly heard a woman scream from ahead.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out that more than 20 meters away, a mother and daughter were being harassed by two stray dogs.

She screamed, shielding her child behind her while spinning around to avoid the stray dogs, and waving her shoulder bag to scare them away.

Generally speaking, stray dogs, like stray cats, are afraid of people and won't bother them unless necessary.

But today, these two have gone mad for some reason, and they just wouldn't run away. They kept circling around the mother and daughter, looking for an opportunity to attack.

One of the white ones found an opening and made a move to rush towards the panicked girl.

The child, who looked only five or six years old, was terrified and cried loudly.

Fortunately, her mother reacted quickly, grabbing the white dog with her backhand and scaring it away.

But another greenish-yellow dog seized the opportunity to pounce.

Passersby walked by, and a man shouted to drive them away, but it was no use.

Seeing that the white dog was about to pounce on the girl again, Shen Xin rushed forward.

"Black Panther, charge! Go, White!"

Shen Xinsong dropped the dog leash.

Black Panther was already in battle mode, and the moment the rope was loosened, it pounced out like a black lightning bolt.

In just a few steps, he leaped and precisely tackled the restless white dog to the ground.

A shrill scream.

But the black panther swiftly and accurately bit the white dog's neck.

Shen Xin rushed up as well, and with a well-timed kick, landed squarely on the backside of the blue-yellow dog.

It let out a howl and was kicked several steps away. As a result, it became ferocious and turned around to pounce on Shen Xin.

Shen Xin was excellent at combat at the police academy, and just as he was about to counterattack, a dark figure suddenly appeared from the side.

It was the black panther that pounced on the green and yellow dog in mid-air, knocking it to the ground, and then began to tear it apart.

Instantly, all that could be heard were the pitiful howls of the blue and yellow dogs.

"Black Panther!"

Shen Xin called out, and only then did the black leopard release its grip.

The green and yellow dog tucked its tail between its legs and ran away.

The white dog had already vanished without a trace.

Black Panther stopped, proud as a victorious general, watching the blue and yellow dog run away and disappear from sight. Only then did he lower his head, pick up the dog leash, run back, and hand it to Shen Xin.

"good!"

Shen Xin patted his head in satisfaction. After all, it was a guard dog. Although its original owner had not intentionally trained it in fighting skills, some things were imprinted in its genes.

"Handsome guy, your dog is awesome."

The young man shooing the dog away praised him with a look of surprise.

The woman who was attacked almost collapsed to the ground, her legs giving way. She hugged her daughter to comfort her while thanking Shen Xin repeatedly.

"No need to thank me, I'm a police officer, just passing by. I hope you weren't bitten, especially the children," Shen Xin quickly said.

Upon hearing that the man was a policeman, the woman was even more incredulous.

Passersby who were watching even started taking out their phones to record the scene.

After confirming that her daughter hadn't been bitten, the woman thanked Shen Xin and said, "There are dogs all over here now, it's so annoying. My daughter was kind enough to give the fried chicken legs she bought to those stray dogs, and they still chased after her and tried to bite her."

As he spoke, he noticed the black leopard that had been crouching at Shen Xin's feet.

She hadn't forgotten the scene of the black panther darting out like lightning, pouncing on the white dog, and saving her daughter.

"Officer, is that a police dog? It's amazing!" the woman asked curiously.

"That's right, they're police dogs!"

Shen Xin patted the black panther's head with a hint of pride.

I'm not officially employed yet, but I'll definitely be able to get one eventually.

As if understanding, the black panther raised its head slightly, looking proud.

The favorability rating above my head suddenly increased by 1 bar.

(End of this chapter)