The puppies were too small to be very noticeable; what truly caught Tang Xiaoxiao's eye was their mother.

It was a very beautiful mastiff.

Tang Xiaoxiao is a big fan of large dogs. In her previous life, she used to pay attention to related news when she was online in her spare time, so she knew a little about the breeds of Tibetan Mastiffs. The one in front of her looked like a black-and-gold coat, with a black back, yellow belly, and yellowish-brown chin and paw pads. It was a relatively precious breed of Tibetan Mastiff.

At this moment, it was lying lazily on its side in the cage, its eyes covered by the fur on its head, its huge head resting on one of its front paws, letting a group of puppies climb up and down on it.

Legend has it that a purebred Tibetan Mastiff will only recognize one master in its lifetime. To gain the loyalty of a Tibetan Mastiff, you should let the puppy see you first when it opens its eyes. Only then will it recognize you as its master.

This rumor is obviously false, but Tibetan Mastiffs are indeed more loyal and fiercer than other dog breeds, and Tang Xiaoxiao has always had a strange fondness for this kind of beast.

However, raising such a large creature is not something that ordinary people can afford.

The high price tag, the huge cost of their daily food, and the large enough space for them to roam are all things that many ordinary families cannot afford.

Therefore, families who can raise a mastiff well are either rich or noble.

Of course, ordinary families can also keep them in cages, feeding them whatever they eat so they don't starve, and not letting them out to roam freely.

But in that case, the dog would be practically useless.

As soon as Tang Xiaoxiao approached the cage, the black leopard sensed the threat from the mastiff and let out a low growl.

The mother dog in the cage had obviously heard the hostile roar. She shook her fur and stood up, her eyes, hidden beneath her fur, precisely locking onto the black panther's location.

Tang Xiaoxiao patted Black Panther's back reassuringly and said, "Black Panther, be good, don't be so fierce. This is your future mother-in-law, behave well!"

Black Panther didn't understand the second half of the sentence, but it understood that Tang Xiaoxiao told it to stop barking. Obeying Tang Xiaoxiao's commands was an instinct it had developed since it was a cub, so it immediately stopped its attack.

The black panther stopped making a sound. The mastiff in the cage stared at it for a while, shook its fur, and then lazily lay down again.

Tang Xiaoxiao walked around several large cages to the back shop and called out the owner of the dog kennel, a middle-aged woman in her forties with dark skin and two very clear high-altitude red marks on her cheeks. She was obviously not a local, and her accent was also strange.

After the woman came out, she didn't rush to answer Tang Xiaoxiao's question. Instead, her eyes lit up when she saw the black panther. She circled around it twice with great interest, not afraid at all, and reached out to touch the panther's smooth fur.

"This dog is amazing! I've never seen a German Shepherd this big with such a shiny coat. What do you feed it?" the woman asked.

Her Mandarin was very broken and she spoke very fast, so Tang Xiaoxiao could barely understand her.

What should we feed Black Panther? Just regular dog food, I guess.

The only difference is that the ingredients are all produced by the space, plus occasional supplementary spiritual spring water.

But she couldn't tell the whole truth. Tang Xiaoxiao casually made up a few ingredients that were good for dogs, and the middle-aged woman nodded in complete agreement, giving Tang Xiaoxiao a thumbs up: "Rich person! You have a heart for dogs!"

Tang Xiaoxiao: "......"