The sense of smell is the racial specialty of wolves and dogs, and Atuo has a four-star search talent, so he is naturally the best among them.
Theoretically, you should have remembered Meng Long's smell just after passing Atuo.
But whether training dogs or other wild animals, most of the time the trained creatures are not really able to understand the words, but are conditioned reflexes developed through repeated training through rewards and punishments, forming 'skills' triggered by commands.
Although Atuo had just acted very spiritually and seemed to be able to understand human speech, Xia Xu did not really hold out hope of communicating purely through words, and still planned to get some tracking objects to trigger the 'command'.
But obviously, he really underestimated Atuo's IQ.
Ordinary smart dogs can reach the level of a child of several years old, let alone Atuo.
As three top talents, and they are all talents that require extremely strong skills, they cannot do without a smart mind.
"Woof."
A'tuo called out calmly, even glanced at Meng Long's departing back, and then immediately looked up at Xia Xu, as if asking if he should catch up now.
"Can you really understand?"
Xia Xu was surprised and unsure. For a moment, he was not sure whether Atuo was following the barking instructions during training or if he really understood it. Then he tentatively said: "Bark again, pause for a moment, and then bark again."
Atuo: "Woof... woof!"
"I'll wipe it."
Xia Xu was shocked: "Atuo, you must have become a spirit, right? This will not be allowed after the founding of the People's Republic of China..."
Oh, I forgot this is Planet Aquamarine, that's okay.
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"Let's go, Atuo, it's time to show your strength. If you can keep up with the person just now, there will be a big reward. It's guaranteed to be a big surprise."
After waiting for a while, Xia Xu patted Atuo's head and stood up.
Atuo lived up to expectations, lowered his head and sniffed the ground, and led Xia Xu neatly to the outside of the police dog training base.
It is also a tracking type of talent, but Atuo's search is obviously different from Yang Bowen. Yang Bowen is good at finding clues and tracking others, but Atuo obviously relies on his sense of smell.
And this is not just about the good sense of smell. After all, Xia Xu has not seen the attributes of other dogs. Not to mention the four-star search, he has not even shown a one-star search talent.
This also shows that the average physiological abilities generally possessed by members of the same species are not considered talents. The sense of smell of dogs is generally stronger than that of humans, but many of them are mediocre compared to those of their own species.
Doesn't talent refer to the difference between people of the same race? Naturally, it can only be compared horizontally. Otherwise, if humans and ants are compared in IQ, all of them will be supermen with a hundred stars.
It can be seen from this that Ato's search talent must be more than a simple canine's strong sense of smell.
Unless its sense of smell is as strong as four stars among its kind, it should be more technical, or have other specialties, such as being good at distinguishing tastes, remembering tastes, detailed analysis, and even thinking, etc.
Xia Xu deliberately waited for Meng Long to leave for a moment before setting off in order not to arouse alertness or lead to a head-on conflict. However, it didn't take long to catch up with Meng Long, who was walking slowly, and followed him from a distance.
It's just that Meng Long walked out of the road where the police dog base is located, and when he came to the corner of the intersection, he took the German Shepherd he bought and got into a white van. When Xia Xu arrived slowly, there was only one car left.
tail shadow.
"Atuo, can you do it?"
Xia Xu took out his mobile phone and quickly took a few photos of the license plate on the rear of the car, then looked down at Atuo.
He was actually somewhat mentally prepared for this. There was no one who didn't travel by car in the city. If he couldn't catch up with him, he planned to let Lao Yang find someone else.
Normally, if a police dog tracks a car, it will be difficult to catch it again. If you drive too fast, it is easy to lose the source of the scent. If the police dog also gets in the car, it will be difficult to smell the target.
"Woof."
After hearing this, A Tuo turned around and called out, then walked forward again, dragging Xia Xu forward with the traction rope, but not with too much force, almost as if he was pulling the rope forward.
"Okay, let's follow up and have a look."
Xia Xu looked around, and after some effort, he stopped a taxi.
Fortunately, there was a taxi that took the passengers here, but they didn't want to go back and stayed because there were so many people here. Otherwise, I don't know how long the wait would be.
But by the time he intercepted the car, he couldn't even get the exhaust from the white van.
"Where to go?"
The driver started the car and looked in the rearview mirror.
"Let's drive forward first."
Xia Xu said, and the vehicle started to move.
When he came to the intersection at the end of the road, Xia Xu lowered his head and looked at Atuo's dog head: "Where to go?"
"You asked me where to go?"
The driver probably thought Xia Xu was asking him, and was confused.
Xia Xu quickly explained: "No, I'm asking the dog."
"????"
It's okay if he doesn't explain it. Once he explains it, the driver suddenly turns into a black man with a question mark face - and his face turns dark indeed: "You're criticizing mulberry trees and pagoda trees. Why are you asking a dog where you're going? How can a dog understand your words and give directions?"
"Woof."
Atuo yelled and patted the open window sill on the right side of the back seat with his right front paw.
"...He was probably talking about turning right."
Xia Xu laughed dryly and said uncertainly.
"Just take a few photos and shout by chance to show the way. That's fine. I can drive until you go bankrupt today."
The driver was not really angry. His tone was mostly joking, but there was also a slight element of anger, and he drove the car to the right.
Another crossroads...
"Woof!"
"Go straight."
"Woof!"
"Keep turning right."
"Woof!"
"Master, it seems to be going to the left this time."
Pass through several intersections in a row.
"You're a bitch, have you become a spirit? Or were you deliberately trained to fool people?"
The driver, who didn't believe in evil at first, now looked like he had seen a ghost.
It's normal for a dog to bark and move its paws, but it's a little weird to be silent the whole time and only bark once when turning a corner.
In addition, the direction of the paw is really the same as pointing the direction.
"Haha, I'm kidding you. Didn't you see it just now? This dog is a retired police dog I bought from the police dog base at a large price. It will bark when it is commanded."
Xia Xu didn't want to give an extraneous explanation, so he laughed.
"So that's it. Then this dog is quite smart and obedient. He barks when he is told and stays silent when he is not allowed to bark. I'm afraid it costs tens of thousands, right?"
The always talkative taxi driver picked up the topic and finally felt that he had entered his own rhythm. He said with a smile: "My son has also been thinking about buying a dog recently. Unfortunately, I heard that he has already made a reservation with a friend. I hope he can be like you."
Be more obedient."
"Oh? What kind did you buy?"
"It seems to be called Husky, a foreign dog. In fact, it is said that it would be good to get a pug when I go back to the countryside. He insisted that I choose between a Husky and a Husky. I heard that the latter one did not feel too comfortable, so I chose the Husky.
"
"...Then your hope is probably dead."
Xia Xu swallowed the words that came to his mouth and wisely chose to remain silent.