Reborn Cat Sheriff

Chapter 459 Cat Coach

As time went by, Beibei's training performance improved day by day.

Aside from occasionally faltering when searching for explosives, Beibei has performed quite well in other areas. Regardless of the time frame, it's already an excellent police dog in terms of ability. While it's unclear how its current performance compares to top-tier police dogs, from a purely participation-oriented perspective, its ability to participate in all six tasks is remarkable.

This achievement even made Yu Rong and the other two a little envious, after all, Bei Bei hadn't reached this level when she was at the Municipal Bureau last year.

This kind of thing can't be achieved through a day or two of intensive training. It's just that Sun Chang's training and education of the dog during its time at Zhanghe Police Station has been remarkably effective. Sun Chang herself isn't a professional police dog handler; all her professional knowledge was acquired through self-study and consultation with relevant personnel. Only Sun Chang herself knows how much effort and hard work she put in.

Seeing Beibei cross the obstacle course and reach the finish line only a few seconds faster than An'an, Yu Rong couldn't help but feel a little disheartened. An'an had been focusing solely on this one event for the past few days, while Beibei had to learn six at the same time! The fact that Beibei could keep up with An'an's speed under these circumstances was undeniable; the dog certainly had some skill. Leaving aside the inherent differences between dogs, it could only be said that there were some embarrassingly different abilities among the trainers.

"It's all thanks to Mimi! You saw it too, Beibei can only run fast when Mimi is chasing after it. As for some things that scare it, it rushes up without hesitation as soon as Mimi yells at it."

Sun Chang explained modestly, but in his heart, he genuinely felt that it was all Mimi's doing. Beibei was always obedient to Mimi; even on the narrow log bridge it feared, it would charge forward without hesitation at Mimi's command. Of course, Beibei had also received its fair share of beatings during this time; Mimi, the cat coach, showed absolutely no mercy. Sun Chang sometimes felt that Beibei could cosplay as Buddha, as it was covered in welts from Mimi's beatings.

Yu Rong glared at Sun Chang, annoyed, and sighed, "You're just being modest! If Beibei really does win a prize in this competition, you'll be famous. The provincial police dog training base poachs top handlers every year. Aside from anything else, the salary and benefits there are many times better than in our small city. Plus, being a provincial unit, the benefits and prestige are quite good. Many handlers are participating in this competition specifically for that, hoping to be noticed by the provincial police dog training base. And since it's a training unit, you don't need to go out on fieldwork; you can just relax and raise your dogs—it's comfortable and safe."

Sun Chang paused for a moment, then looked Yu Rong up and down and said, "Is that what you're planning too? To work in the provincial capital?"

Yu Rong shook her head and chuckled, "No! I'm already married and discussing having children with my husband. How could I possibly go to the provincial capital alone at a time like this? But Zhou Bo seems to be thinking about it."

"Going to the provincial capital..."

Sun Chang tilted her head and thought for a moment, then shook her head vigorously. Anyway, this matter had nothing to do with her. If she really wanted to find an easy and safe job, she wouldn't have agreed to stay at Zhanghe Police Station in the first place.

"If I go to the provincial capital, Zhang Ke will be jumping up and down in a panic, won't he?"

Thinking of someone, Sun Chang suddenly chuckled.

Missing your boyfriend?

Yu Rong leaned closer and put her arm around Sun Chang's shoulder in an ambiguous manner.

"no!"

Sun Chang blushed and pushed Yu Rong away.

The two joked around for a while, and their voices grew louder and louder, attracting the attention of Zhou Bo and Yuan Qu who were not far away.

Zhou Bo chuckled and tried to move over there, but Yuan Qu grabbed him and glared at him fiercely. Helpless, Zhou Bo could only continue training the dog with his stubborn brother, knowing that Yuan Qu really disliked the cat between the two women.

But... who can you blame, right? Every time you go against it, you're the one who suffers! Now... even your dogs don't listen to you anymore, and they don't learn their lesson at all.

Zhou Bo sighed regretfully and continued training Guai Guai to sniff out explosives. Guai Guai was slightly better than Bei Bei in this area; it was very sensitive to TNT and ammonium nitrate, and could also distinguish plastic explosives. However, its reaction time was slower. When faced with an explosive, it would obediently approach and sniff instead of barking and using special actions to alert its handler, as required by the training program. This made it very easy for it to lose points in this area, since alerting and reminding police officers to be careful was also an important duty of police dogs. Zhou Bo patiently taught Guai Guai more than once, even lying on the ground and making silly gestures himself, but unfortunately, the results were minimal.

"Perhaps even the weirdo thinks this warning gesture is incredibly stupid?"

Watching the strange creature roar at the explosives from a distance, even trying to rush up and tear them apart, Lin Ge shook his head helplessly. Even Bei Bei was better in this regard; every time it smelled explosives, it would run over to Lin Ge to complain instead of going to its death.

"Yingying, stop beating around the bush, okay? Just call out when you find something, otherwise how can I mark it for you in time?"

Yuan Qu was exhausted from being tricked by Yingying, and sighed, not knowing what to say to her. After several days of training, this guy had become skilled at finding physical evidence. But he just wouldn't follow the rules; once he found the target, he wouldn't make a sound, just circling around it.

“Every dog ​​has a different personality and reacts differently to a target. Forcing them to perform standardized actions according to project specifications is just making things difficult for them. Besides, the results aren't that different!”

Lin Ge sighed, knowing that this ridiculous situation was like the dormitory's trash cans not being allowed to have trash or the beds not being allowed to have anything—it was a modular but inhumane requirement.

Of course, from another perspective, this is also to ensure that handlers, especially other police officers, can immediately understand the meaning of the police dog's actions and react promptly to avoid them, thus ensuring the safety of the officers themselves as much as possible. From this perspective, such requirements are not wrong. However, this approach, while demanding things of the police dog, also incorporating its natural instincts, becomes somewhat restrictive. Strict handlers can manage this, but those who dote on their dogs will find it very difficult. They can only try their best to work alongside the dog, which may not be as effective as the strict and detached approach that leads to better training results.

"Ow~"

Stretching lazily, Lin Ge felt a bit tired. Cats can't compare to dogs in terms of stamina; he'd run several laps around the obstacle course with Bei Bei, and now his whole body ached. Just as he'd expected, these obstacles posed no challenge whatsoever to the cat. Whether it was a log bridge, uphill or downhill sections, or even somersaults and burrowing, Lin Ge's small size allowed him to far surpass Bei Bei's speed. Even An An, who was slightly stronger than Bei Bei, couldn't match Lin Ge, though there was nothing to be proud of. The two dogs didn't seem surprised that their leader had outperformed them, which dampened Lin Ge's boastful spirit considerably.

Seeing that Yuan Qu was still frowning and instructing Yingying on what to do, Lin Ge thought for a moment and took the initiative to go over.

Yuan Qu is such a proud and arrogant guy, it's disgusting that a grown man would act like that. But Lin Ge can't just stand by and do nothing, can he? He keeps letting Yuan Qu spit on Yingying like that, hasn't he seen how confused and depressed Yingying is becoming?

"What are you doing here?"

Seeing Lin Ge approach, Yuan Qu immediately put on a stern face. But Yingying, whose ears were drooping from being scolded, became excited and wagged her tail, quickly getting close to Lin Ge.

“你敢舔我，我就揍你一顿！”

Lin Ge ignored Yuan Qu and instead glared fiercely at Yingying.

The cunning Labrador blinked its adorable eyes, then waddled after Ringo. It ignored everything Ringo said. Taking advantage of Ringo's inattention, it licked Ringo's head with a 'whoosh,' making all the fur on the back of Ringo's head stand on end.

"You're asking for it!"

Enraged, Lingo turned around and beat Yingying up. The girl didn't try to run away; she just covered her head and howled in pain as Lingo beat her, then got up and continued wagging her tail as if nothing had happened.

Ringo's paws couldn't reach the back of his head, so he couldn't smooth the fur there, which infuriated him. But the Labrador's shameless nature left him helpless, so he could only put the matter aside to avoid seeing it.

"You know this is the target you're looking for, right?"

Reaching Yuan Qu's own car, which was being used as a prop, Lin Ge quickly found the small package hidden under the right rear wheel. This was the target. According to the rules, Yingying knew it and had to bark at it in the correct direction, adopting an attack posture but not lunging forward. It had to cooperate with its trainer to prevent others from approaching and, with the trainer's help, retrieve the target intact—that was the entire procedure.

But Yingying always gets stuck on the second step, which is the action after spotting the target. This guy probably always thought that Yuan Qu was playing with him, so he was overjoyed and excited every time he found something.

Yes, Labradors are such amazing and thick-skinned dogs. Thinking about it, Lingo let out a howl, signaling Yingying to come over.

When Yingying came to his side, Lin Ge imitated Yuan Qu's instructions and assumed an attack stance towards the car wheel. Yes, a dog's attack stance. Cats don't have this; they just raise their tails and stand on end—that's a cat's self-buffing gesture.

"Uh-huh?"

Yingying tilted her head, looking at Lin Ge's strange posture, not understanding what her boss was doing. That thing had been playing with its owner for several days already, and it was clear that it posed no danger whatsoever.

"Follow me, you bastard!"

Lin Ge slapped Yingying across the face, secretly cursing that the dog was too clever and troublesome. He knew, of course, that doing this was nonsense, but the rules required it, so what could he do?
"Woo~"

Yingying let out a sob, and finally dared not argue anymore, obediently posing as if attacking the boring car tires.

Hmm, that's a pretty good posture!

Without even being reminded, Yingying started barking lazily and listlessly at the tires.

In other words, it's not that this guy can't do it, it just feels there's no need! Why take it so seriously? What's the point of wasting breath on this? The boss and the owner are just really bored.

Lin Ge gave this guy a speechless look.

He could tell from Yingying's cries that the creature was smugly convinced of its own sanity, meaning it was just playing with Yuan Qu. He wondered if it would remain so clueless on the actual fighting field.

Of course, this was something Lin Ge couldn't control.

Now that he was certain Yingying had grasped all the requirements, Lin Ge stopped caring how much it misbehaved. Its cooperation with Yuan Qu was Yuan Qu's problem to solve; Lin Ge didn't need to get involved or take responsibility for it.

Furthermore, this situation also demonstrates that Yingying and Yuan Qu actually cooperate exceptionally well. These two are the kind of partners who excel in real combat; they might not be outstanding in performances or sparring matches, but they would definitely not have any problems in actual battles.

So Lin Ge stopped insisting on what Yingying should do and went to Guai Guai's side instead.

Hmm! Actually, Lin Ge doesn't need to get involved here.

So-called public security and riot control means preventing criminals from causing damage and stopping riots. In other words, it means using police dogs to use non-lethal means to subdue a suspect without killing him.

In this situation, Lin Ge didn't have much to teach. His fighting style was completely different from that of a police dog, and he didn't have the same powerful bite force. Lin Ge excelled at using his incredibly sharp claws, incredibly hard skull, and incredibly strong hind legs; he never even considered using his teeth in combat. Furthermore, the teamwork between Guai Guai and Zhou Bo was actually quite good, especially Zhou Bo, who was quite strong and managed to hold off Guai Guai's every pounce without falling. Under these circumstances, as long as they didn't make any mistakes in their tactics and nothing unexpected happened during the fight, scoring points should be a sure thing. Therefore, Lin Ge felt he didn't need any help with this combination.

Conversely, Sun Chang, being a woman, was physically weaker, making it extremely difficult for her to cope with Bei Bei's attacks and bites. She had actually been through a lot these past few days, but she hadn't once cried out in pain or asked to stop.

Seeing that Sun Chang had rested for a bit before calling Bei Bei to continue training, Lin Ge sighed and followed.

"Beibei!"

Sun Chang leaned forward slightly, steadied himself in a horse stance, and then forcefully tapped the arm guard. Upon hearing this command, Bei Bei immediately barked fiercely and pounced, leaping into the air and biting the guard hard, then violently shaking its head to tear at it.

Its weight, weighing several dozen kilograms, pressed down hard on Sun Chang, causing him to stumble even in a horse stance. Even as he managed to shift his weight and spin around with Bei Bei, the heavy burden on his arms made Sun Chang's lips turn white.

Lin Ge stood quietly to the side, watching with a pang of heartache but feeling helpless.

That's how real combat works; ultimately, you have to use your body to withstand the attack. Any attempts to be opportunistic or resort to tricks at this point are irresponsible towards the handler and the police dog when facing dangerous suspects later on. Lingo can certainly make Beibei use less force, but who can guarantee that once it gets used to that, it will still go all out when attacking a suspect? If it bites too lightly and the suspect retaliates, it might not just lose Beibei's life.

So no matter how hard Sun Chang worked, she could only give it her all in the security and riot control training.

Moreover, this is actually a weakness of Sun Chang herself as a trainer, rather than Bei Bei's. The inherent disadvantage of female trainers in this regard means that Sun Chang must put in more effort and hard work to achieve good results.

"Okay! Okay! Beibei, let go!"

After completing all the actions, Sun Chang quickly called for Beibei to release its grip. Releasing the dog promptly upon the handler's command is also one of the requirements of this program. Otherwise, if the police dog were to kill a suspect, it would be a huge problem for the dog itself.

"Woo~"

Beibei bit down hard on the protective gear and shook her head to tear it, before finally managing to open her mouth wide, pull out her teeth, and then took two steps back and obediently squatted down.

Sun Chang breathed a sigh of relief, instinctively covered his left wrist with his right hand, rested for two seconds, and finally straightened up.

"Well done, Beibei! That's it! Attack when you hear the command, and release when you hear the order. React quickly and don't waste even a second, understand? Hmm! Great job this time, take a break and we'll do it again!"

Sun Chang's expression was somewhat unpleasant, but she still smiled and praised Bei Bei repeatedly. Her smile quickly made Bei Bei, who had been somewhat confused and worried, forget her worries and happily wag her tail, barking at Sun Chang twice more.

After resting for about five minutes, Sun Chang spent another two minutes adjusting her protective gear, just in case it suddenly came off—that would be a serious matter. She also secretly fluffed up the sanitary napkins stuck to her elbows and arms, hoping they could withstand more impact. After all, training police dogs for combat training only involves a pair of leather overalls, a glove and arm guard on the left hand, and a tactical baton on the right—nothing more. Male trainers certainly wouldn't be shameless enough to stuff impact pads into their clothing, but for Sun Chang, even a tiny bit of cushioning would allow her to persevere and train with Bei Bei a few more times.

About half an hour later, Sun Chang stopped training. Bei Bei was panting heavily with her tongue sticking out, clearly exhausted.

At this moment, Yu Rong, Zhou Bo, and Yuan Qu, each leading their police dogs, walked towards Sun Chang. Their expressions were all somewhat serious, and Zhou Bo even looked a little nervous. This scene also affected Sun Chang. She suddenly remembered something, looked down at Bei Bei, and her face paled slightly.

"Do you really want to do this?"

Zhou Bo was still somewhat unwilling. He kicked the ground and said with dissatisfaction, "It's not a competition, there's no need to force it like this, right? To be honest, it's just an exhibition match and we're filming a video. Does every police dog have to participate?"

"This requirement is one of the criteria for participating in this police dog competition! Even police dogs recommended by various cities must complete this requirement to participate. And the video you mentioned is to be submitted to the Ministry of Public Security for review!"

Yu Rong rolled her eyes at Zhou Bo.

(End of this chapter)