Chapter 103: Outdoor Proceeding
Speaking, Zhang Congwen raised his hand and tossed a snack into the carrier.
The miniature Lhasa was also a glutton, so without a second thought, it dove right in, quickly finished the snacks in the carrier, and seemed like it didn't want to stay inside even for a moment. Without hesitation, it ran out.
Head tilted up, tail wagging, it begged Zhang Congwen to continue feeding it.
Zhang Congwen glanced at the miniature Lhasa and tossed another snack inside.
This time, after the miniature Lhasa went in, Zhang Congwen quickly pinched the third snack and held it up in front of the carrier door.
Seeing Zhang Congwen block its exit, the miniature Lhasa looked a bit anxious, but when it saw the third snack in Zhang Congwen's hand, it quickly started eating again.
What Zhang Congwen was doing was to eliminate the miniature Lhasa's resistance to the carrier, to make it associate the carrier with the snacks, and slowly get it to like the carrier.
After the third snack was eaten, the miniature Lhasa didn't run out of the carrier again. Instead, half its body was inside and half outside, waiting for Zhang Congwen to feed it.
So, Zhang Congwen started repeating the previous actions.
After repeating this five or six times, the miniature Lhasa stopped trying to run out of the carrier and started squatting inside honestly, waiting for Zhang Congwen's feedings.
This time, Zhang Congwen stopped feeding it snacks and began trying to close the carrier door, leaving it for about three seconds, then opening it again.
The moment the carrier door opened, the miniature Lhasa quickly came out, looked at Zhang Congwen with its eyes, waiting for the next snack.
Zhang Congwen said, "It should have realized by now that good food will appear in the carrier."
With that, Zhang Congwen tossed another snack into the carrier again. Before the miniature Lhasa could get in, Zhang Congwen quickly closed the carrier door.
The miniature Lhasa didn't expect Zhang Congwen to go against the norm and throw snacks into the carrier without letting it in, not giving it any to eat.
This time, the miniature Lhasa started getting anxious, constantly stomping its feet while waiting for Zhang Congwen to open the carrier door, and at the same time making soft whining sounds while begging Zhang Congwen.
As for Zhang Congwen, he ignored the miniature Lhasa's performance and started chatting with the couple.
At this moment, the miniature Lhasa became even more anxious, starting to use its front paws to pry open the carrier door.
After about ten seconds, Zhang Congwen pretended not to notice and was pried open the carrier door by the miniature Lhasa. The miniature Lhasa didn't care about much then, quickly dove in and started eating the snacks.
No matter how smart a dog is, it can't escape the human's tricks.
After Zhang Congwen's little stunt like this, the miniature Lhasa's mentality immediately changed.
From the beginning, when it entered the carrier it could get snacks, but now it had turned into not wanting to come out of the carrier even if there were no snacks.
Puff!
The female owner couldn't help but laugh.
At this moment, even without snacks, the miniature Lhasa still squatted inside the carrier unwilling to come out, afraid that if it did, Zhang Congwen the scoundrel would toss the snacks inside, close the door, and not let it eat.
She hadn't expected that training a dog would be a process of outsmarting the dog.
Seeing that it didn't want to come out, the female owner also tossed a snack into the carrier. The miniature Lhasa ate it, looking longingly at Zhang Congwen and the others, but still wouldn't come out of the carrier.
By this point in the training, it was already clear that the training had been successful.
The next step was to deal with the miniature Doberman's habit of biting its own front legs.
Zhang Congwen observed the miniature Doberman for a moment and didn't notice any other issues with it, so he asked the couple, "Where do you usually change its medicine?"
The male owner was stunned and said naturally, "It's done in the living room."
Zhang Congwen immediately understood the reason.
So, Zhang Congwen had the man and woman owners leash the miniature Doberman and bring it downstairs before saying, "In the future, the time and frequency of walks can be appropriately reduced. It's best to let the miniature Doberman go out for walks alone. Also, change the medicine and wrap the bandages outdoors."
The female owner's brows furrowed slightly, somewhat worried, "The outside environment is messy and dirty, would that lead to infection of its wounds?"
Zhang Congwen explained, "As long as proper disinfection is done, there shouldn't be a big problem, and this is necessary. For the miniature Doberman, its front legs are now its most vulnerable part, and the miniature Lhasa is its source of fear. Treating the wound in front of the miniature Lhasa at home is equivalent to exposing this miniature Doberman's weakness to the other party, making it more vigilant. That's why I asked you to choose outdoors. Later, after walking the dog, do the disinfection and bandage changing downstairs. If it cooperates well, you can reward it with some snacks. Let it return home in a relaxed and pleasant mood, so it can slowly get rid of the psychological shadow caused by the miniature Lhasa."
After all this was explained, Zhang Congwen declared the training task for these three dogs ended.
Zhang Congwen left the couple's house and didn't return to the company, instead calling Song Jiawei to pick him up and take him to Dingxi Dog Farm.
Because today was the day he and Uncle Ding had agreed to look at the dogs.
But unexpectedly, when Zhang Congwen opened the car door, the ones inside weren't just Song Jiawei, but also Zhu Qingyan.
Zhang Congwen was stunned, "What are you doing here?"
Zhu Qingyan blinked, smiling, "Don't you welcome us? For our company, picking out a good dog is a top priority. Whether we can help little Xiao is up to this dog. Besides, I also want to learn from you how to pick dogs. Unless..."
"Unless what?" Zhang Congwen asked.
Zhu Qingyan's mouth curved into an arc, speaking in a somewhat girlishly mischievous way, "Unless picking dogs is fake, and in reality it's to go on a date with some young and ignorant pure little sister, inconvenient for me to follow along."
"I'd rather date a dog sister." Zhang Congwen said unhappily. "I'm not even a fat man, so why date a young and ignorant pure little sister."
"Damn! Why are you talking about that? I'm a serious person." Song Jiawei immediately protested.
"You're serious? You're already past your prime, and you're still flirting with a little sister who's still in college. You should be dragged out and cut." Zhang Congwen raised an eyebrow. "Don't talk so much, drive your car properly."
"Exactly, exactly. Flirting with a pure little sister, how can you even bear to do it." Zhu Qingyan was chiming in.
"I wonder what means you used to make such a cute little sister like Xie Zhuli take a liking to you."
"I'm very handsome, okay." Song Jiawei protested again. "Besides, I didn't use any means. This is love, understand?"
"I love you so much that my mom buys you ma sifas. Hurry up and drive your car." Zhang Congwen urged.
"Exactly, driver, hurry and drive." Zhu Qingyan also said with a smile.
"I..." Song Jiawei looked dejected.
"I'm at least the company's sales champion, not a dedicated driver, so can you put some respect on it for me." Song Jiawei protested while starting the car.
Zhang Congwen and Zhu Qingyan were really too despicable. Even though he had a glib tongue, two fists couldn't fight four hands. Moreover, there was a husband-and-wife echo between Zhang Congwen and Zhu Qingyan.
"Exactly, sales champion. Also the lowest business one in our company." Zhang Congwen added another stab.
Song Jiawei felt he couldn't argue with Zhang Congwen anymore. With Zhu Qingyan there to help, he definitely couldn't get any advantage from Zhang Congwen, and might even get angry and die.
So, he stopped speaking and drove towards Dingxi Dog Farm.