In my days as a farmer

"Where did this dog come from? Rice's new friend?"

"Well, I came back with Rice yesterday."

"A stray dog?"

"Probably, it doesn't have a collar."

"Dogs in rural areas generally don't wear collars, and the dogs are also semi-scattered. It is estimated that the owner will not pay attention to the occasional disappearance for two or three days. After all, it is spring... I will report to the police later, and then I will talk to Xiao Li. Tell the assistant, if it doesn’t work, post a notice at the door of the house, lest the owner look for the dog in a hurry.”

"Well, I'll write the notice."

"Okay... how can I change my habit of picking up stray animals everywhere!"

"pretty good."

"It's pretty good, our rice is just too kind, but I'm afraid it will pick up something scarier next time, such as bring back a snake or something...I'm a little bit..."

"..."

The chatter in the kitchen gradually died down, and the upright ears of the big yellow dog lying on the outdoor bamboo steel floor captured all the movement for it and drew it into a picture in its head.

The strange human walked around in the kitchen, and then picked up something, followed by the rustling sound, the movement of particles falling into the basin.

Ah, this is food preparation!

Just by imagining it, it seems to see the delicious goat milk sandwich particles poured out of the grain storage barrel and hitting the clean white porcelain rice bowl.

This pleasant sound, accompanied by the fragrance of frankincense, impacted the senses. Before the brain started to function, saliva began to be secreted between the lips and teeth.

The sound of footsteps was getting closer, and the big yellow dog raised his body in time, sat upright and looked at the gate.Not long after, a fair-faced young man walked out of the kitchen with two rice bowls in hand.

Xia Dongli put the two rice bowls on the floor, and at the same time took out two plastic buckets from the side and put them in front of the big merle-colored dog. He knelt down and asked the pet dog who was instantly excited in front of him: "Rice, do you want to eat today?" which one?"

Dami Wang looked hesitantly at the two jars in front of him, but did not make a choice. His two triangular ears were slightly tilted back, making his entire dog's face more rounded.Gouzi let out a soft grunt from his throat, and rubbed his hairy head against Xia Dongli's knee again and again.

The big yellow dog sitting far away looked at it in amazement, with a somewhat complicated expression, as if he hadn't thought that this dog, which had wrestled with it just now, would have such a side in front of its owner.

How decent is it for a dog to flirt at humans for a few bites of snacks? !

Faced with the pet dog's acting like a baby, the dog owner behaved as hard as iron: "No, I can only eat one."

Rice turned her head and glanced at the big yellow dog, then turned her head to look at Xia Dongli eagerly, and gave a pitiful "woo", as if to say: But I have a guest to entertain today.

Xia Dongli glanced at the two dogs, as if he felt that what they said made sense, so he took out one from each of the two jars, cut them into small pieces with kitchen scissors, and put them in the microwave to heat them up a little Then sprinkle it on the dog food.

In an instant, the dog rice bowl, which was already overflowing with aroma, was full of meaty temptation. Rice barked softly at his new friend, signaling him to choose a bowl from the two that he wanted to eat.

As a hospitable and friendly dog, Rice Wang said: "Choose whatever you want, every bowl is delicious."

The big yellow dog glanced at the two rice bowls hesitantly, then it cautiously leaned over and sniffed, and stretched out a paw to rest on one of the rice bowls.

Immediately, the rice nuzzled the other bowl, pushing the rice bowl aside as if afraid that it would change its mind, and started eating.

The crispy dog ​​food is crunched by sharp canine teeth. The meat strips are flexible and the sound of the bite is slightly dull, but the fragrance is stronger. The keen sense of smell of dogs helps it capture the fragrance from the side.

The big yellow dog, who was a little hesitant at first, looked aside at Mi Wang who was buried in his meal, and then at the dog owner who took a few steps back to make a safe distance.

It tilted its head and recalled the master's instructions before it came, and finally lowered its head.

Rhubarb is a traditional Chinese pastoral dog.As a northern dog breed, Rhubarb’s body length and shoulder height are about the same as rice, but its snout and forehead are shorter than rice as a border herd. This physiological structure enables it to perform finer movements—— For example, it can easily pick up a piece of meat with its canine teeth and carefully chew and taste it.

Well, this feeling of strength, the feeling that the teeth have been massaged comfortably, it should be pre-treated, it is a taste that becomes more fragrant the more you chew, and this familiar taste... The big yellow dog's eyes suddenly lit up, and he saw through the meat What a true face.

As if to confirm its guess, the owner of Dami Wang said to another young man who came out of the kitchen with a plate: "Rhubarb likes to eat rabbit jerky. It's great. Rice prefers to eat beef flavor." a little."

If the two dogs have different tastes, there will be no problem of grabbing food in the future.

Xun Yao put the dishes on the dining table, and after hearing this, he glanced at Xia Dongli, and asked in an affirmative tone, "Do you want to raise this dog?"

Xia Dongli hesitated for a moment, but didn't say anything dead: "Let's see if it has an owner first. If there is an owner, the dog still prefers to be with the owner."

Xun Yao glanced at Rhubarb lightly when he heard the words, but he didn't say anything, he just put the chopsticks on the bowl and asked Xia Dongli to come over for dinner.

Rhubarb has been listening to the movement with its ears upright. After the two humans over there changed the subject, it shook its ears, turned its head and sneezed a little.

Tsk, this Wang is not a stray dog, Wang has the best master in the world.It's just that the situation is special now. When the master comes back, he must take this new-born Wang to taste what is called real delicacy.

Although these small biscuits taste good, they can only be used as snacks, but where can they really be eaten as a staple food?Dogs should eat meat.

The rhubarb dog's mouth will be crunched by the high-end dog food with balanced nutrition and excellent palatability carefully prepared by human beings.

Having said that, the smell on that tall man was so strange that he always felt a little familiar.

While licking its own lips to clean, it turned its head and asked if there was still half a pot of unfinished rice left: "Wow!"

Has that tall human always smelled like this?

Rice shook her ears in surprise when she heard the words, thought for a while, then nodded and said, "It's always been, the smell was stronger when I first came here, and it almost didn't smell to me, but it smells better now, what's wrong?"

The big yellow dog didn't reply to it. It looked at the tall owner of the rice and searched for the smell in its memory, but it never got any valuable information, so it could only shake its head.

It shook its head, and its eyes turned to the rice bowl with half a bowl of rice left.Seeing the rice, it immediately lost all doubts, and the dog's instinct made it immediately lower its head and sweep a small bowl of dog food into its stomach in two or three bites.

Kindness is a dog's virtue, but food protection is an instinct.

Is there a conflict between the two?Certainly not.

After eating, Rice took his new friend to his kennel.To be precise, this is one of its kennels.

After both Xiaokang and Xiaobae moved into their own cages, Rice regained its detached status-as long as it likes to stay in this home, his unprincipled doting dog owner will put it in a mat.

Among them, Rice's current favorite is the small nest made of rattan placed under the canopy in the courtyard.

It is spacious and ventilated, and can block the sun. It is cool and breathable inside, and you can also see the situation in the courtyard at a glance, so as to keep the safety of the owner and family property at any time.

Whether it's a bird that lands and wants to steal food, or a weasel that wants to steal water, none of them can escape the eyes of Rice Wang!The only ones who can take advantage of it are nocturnal hedgehogs. Rice has no choice but to watch them come to drink water. (It turns out that you have kept the small pond from attracting wild animals so far!)

In the past few days, as the weather has gradually warmed up, Rice sometimes even goes out to sleep at night.

But the only downside to this cage is that it doesn't protect against nasty mosquito bites.

Of course, Xia Dongli deworms his pet dogs on time, but the mosquito repellents currently on the market are mainly systemic defense. The toxin contained in kills.

If it is in the city, the chance of being bitten by parasites is not high for dogs who just go out for a walk, but now the rice is in a semi-stocking state, which is more troublesome.

There is also something called an anti-insect collar on the market, but this is a plastic material made into a collar.It doesn't matter if I wear it at home, but Dami often runs around outside, and often runs up the mountains. In case the collar gets stuck, Xia Dongli dare not let him wear the collar without a safety buckle.

Xia Dongli saw on a dog forum that there is a foreign liquid mosquito coil that will not cause harm to pets. He has already placed an order on a foreign website, but it will take more than a month to arrive by sea. Now he can only Plant a row of geraniums outside the small yard, and try to use a natural method to keep insects from harassing your dog.

The flowers and leaves of this plant contain volatile alcohols, which will give off a smell that insects don't like at ordinary times, and its flowers bloom all year round, and it is also a good flower viewing plant. The only disadvantage is that The stems and leaves are slightly poisonous, but rice is not usually a dog that likes to bite plants, Xia Dongli also observed it for a long time before he was relieved.

And now, Dami Wang has given half of his beloved hut to foreign guests.

"Wang woo~"

Come in quickly, Wang's nest is very comfortable, the owner even changed Wang to a straw mat a few days ago, it is very cool.

Wang also hid chewing gum in the nest, which can be given to you to play with.

The big yellow dog looked deeply at Rice's kennel, and then at Rice's friendly face flicking his tail. A struggling look appeared on the dog's face.

Dogs are social animals, but they have a strict hierarchy. Even if everyone lives together, those who can sleep in a nest must have a very close relationship.

Those who can make them trust are generally blood relatives, and even couples are rarely close enough to sleep in the same litter, unless it is a rare dog that has established a long-term relationship.

But now, when he looked at this dog that had no blood relationship with him, and then at this simple little nest, he suddenly felt a little hesitant.

From its point of view, it doesn't want to enter another dog's territory, especially a place full of privacy like a kennel, but before it came, the owner said that it came to talk about friends, so it should be more easy-going.

Although Rhubarb couldn't figure out why it had to run so far and befriend an ordinary dog, and turn into an ordinary dog, but the master's order was absolute, and he didn't hate the smell of this dog— —For dogs, smell can express a lot of information, and the smell is not offensive is a very important prerequisite for communication.

The owner told it to do whatever it takes...

"Woo——" Rhubarb's tail furled slightly because of its mood, and its sickle-shaped tail was full of menace. It flicked its tail a little irritably outside the cage, and finally got in amidst Rice's perplexed urging.

Urban Wang Dami, who has never experienced wild life, is very enthusiastic about entertaining new friends. He sent his beloved dog chews to his friends as promised.

"Huh~"

Try this, this is a new whole deer calf shin bite that the owner bought.Wang Chao likes this one, it is fragrant and strong, but it seems to be very expensive, so the owner doesn't often buy it.

The big yellow dog sniffed it, woo, it smells good, but human beings just throw things away.

It tentatively opened its mouth and took a small bite...

There was a "click", and the dog bite stick as thick as a one-yuan coin shattered.

rhubarb:"……"

Rhubarb slowly spit out the stick, then looked at the shocked Dami Wang: "Oh?"

It's not that tough either.

Rice: "...!!!"

Xia Dongli, who was picking cucumbers with Xun Ao, was surprised to see his big dog running over with something in his mouth. He looked at Rhubarb, who was walking behind the rice, and was a little puzzled: What's wrong, did you quarrel? ?

Rice spat out the pieces of dog chew gum in his mouth, and whimpered at Xia Dongli aggrievedly.The rice is really wronged, it really likes to eat it, but the owner said that it is not good for Wang to eat the molar stick all the time, and it is only available for a limited time.

It is usually very cherished, and it is not willing to use force when biting, but now...

"woooo~"

Xia Dongli feels distressed looking at the two watery-eyed pet dogs, but the problem is...

Xia Dongli squatted down and looked at his dog, and asked gently, "Rice, I haven't given you a bone recently."

"This bone... where did you come from?"

Rice: →w→

The author has something to say: rice: white teeth!