A few months ago, I didn’t think dogs were very loyal, but this incident changed my mind.
From childhood to adulthood, I have always heard people around me say “dogs are man’s best friends”. There are many movies praising dogs, and there are many stories about dog loyalty, especially the movie “Hachiko: A Dog’s Story”, which has touched countless people.
This incident happened in Northeast China. It was a story I heard from an old man when I was traveling in Northeast China.
The old man talked about the story of hunting in the past. His home is on the border between China and Russia. It is a real primeval forest. There are everything on the mountain, and pheasants flutter from the bushes.
At that time, we were poor, and we often went to the mountains to hunt, get some pheasants and rabbits to eat, and if we were lucky, we could meet wild boars.
There are many old rules for hunting in this mountain, not just that you can’t sit on tree stumps, you can’t hunt for the dead, and you can’t hunt prey on graves.
Think about it, the wild animals in this mountain have lived for hundreds or thousands of years, what weird things haven’t they done?
But there are some weird things, if you encounter them, it’s okay if you don’t hit them, but if you hit them and can’t kill them, they will hurt you.
The most evil thing is the fox.
Foxes should be shot from behind, that is, shoot from behind, not facing them directly.
The old people said that if you hit it directly, it’s okay if you don’t hit it, but if you hit it, it will suddenly smile at you before dying (it’s creepy to hear, here’s a cute picture to relieve it)
There is also the yellow weasel, this thing doesn’t have much meat, and it’s weird, so no one touches it.
The things in the old forest have lived for a long time, and there are many things, you can’t think too much, just thinking about it makes you scared.
Next, he told me a strange thing he had experienced in the old forest, about a dog.
At that time, he was only a teenager and went to the hillside to herd sheep every day.
One day, I found that one of the sheep was missing. I looked everywhere and found a little wolf driving the sheep into the old forest.
The wolf was not very big, just half-grown and skinny, and the sheep could still carry it.
It blindfolded the sheep, so the sheep could not see anything and would walk according to the wolf’s instructions. It slapped the sheep’s butt with its tail, and the sheep walked forward. It patted its neck and it turned.
At that time, the old man felt very strange. This wolf had eaten sheep before, so why was it driving the sheep?
So he secretly followed behind to see what the wolf was trying to do.
The old man found that the wolf was driving the sheep into the old forest, and finally drove them to a broken cave, drove the sheep in, and then ran away.
Although I was small at that time, I was very brave since I was a child. I carried a hunting rifle and a mountain dog. What was there to be afraid of?
Just when I wanted to enter the cave, I didn’t expect the dog to grab my trouser legs tightly and dig the ground, refusing to let the old man go in.
The old man was angry, kicked the dog several times, kicked the dog away, and ran into the cave.
At this time, the dog suddenly made a sound like a human whimpering, then rushed over, knocked the old man away, rushed into the cave, and barked at the cave. The voice was choking, as if it was extremely scared and had to hold on.
The old man began to get nervous and pulled the bolt of the gun. He thought there might be a leopard or a tiger in the cave.
This dog is not afraid of wolves, but leopards. As soon as it smelled the leopard’s urine, it became scared.
The mountain guard dog was afraid that I would be scratched by the leopard, so it rushed in first to block it for me.
The old man was a little excited. He took off his hunting rifle and jumped in at once. Unexpectedly, the mountain guard dog rushed towards me desperately and pushed me out.
The old man felt something was wrong, so he whistled and wanted the dog to follow him back. He found that the dog was paralyzed by fear, and its four legs were shaking desperately on the ground. It looked at me pitifully and could hardly make a sound.
Although it could not stand steadily, it still stood in front of me and protected the old man.
At this time, the old man was also anxious, thinking that no matter what kind of beast was in the cave, the dog must be taken away today.
He grabbed the dog’s collar with one hand and tried to drag it back. At this time, a low roar suddenly came from the cave, shaking the whole cave buzzing and the gravel falling.
The dog took a last look at the old man, and suddenly rushed over, knocking the old man to his head and knocking him out of the cave. It roared and ran towards the depths of the cave… The
old man also felt something was wrong, so he ran back frantically and called a group of people to come back. He found that the cave was full of pig and sheep bones, as well as silver bracelets worn by children…
At this point, he lowered his head and took a deep puff of cigarette.
I asked anxiously: “What kind of cave is that? Did you kill it?”
The old man shook his head and said: “I don’t know… We lay in ambush there for five nights, but didn’t see a single living thing, so we had to go down the mountain…
But I heard from the elders that there must be something in the cave that all animals are very scared of, and the wolf will give it a gift…”
I felt a chill in my back and was also a little moved. I said: “The dog… died for you…”
He agreed vaguely.
I sighed: “What a good dog!”
The old man smoked silently, and suddenly said something without thinking: “Dogs are the same, but people are different!”
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