Training

When he stood before his home Hector decided to just enter. Why should he need to give any explanation? He is the master of the house.

After entering the villa he saw Albert walking downstairs and looking at the puppies. He wore a perplexed look when he shifted his eyes from the puppies to Hector.

"If I may ask, what are you holding?"

Now it was Hector's time to be perplexed, then he simply answered "Puppy dogs."

"Yes I get that sir but why? If they are stray dogs then they need to be checked by a veterinarian. Especially because they can carry flies and all the manner of diseases." When Albert spoke his reasoning Hector realized his mistake but it was too late now.

"They should be alright, prepare some food and water for them. Tomorrow morning I will take them to the veterinarian." When he finished Albert simply nodded and left informing in house and ordering servants to bring bowls for the dogs.

"And bring a big cushion to my room," Hector spoke as he walked away.

When he entered his room he set the puppies on the ground. He saw them grow curious about their surroundings and one of them even started to explore while the other stood by his side looking around.

Explorer and guard. Hector thought as he made his decision. He thought about making Beyonder animals out of them. "You who is more curious about the world I will give you a potion of apprentice formula. Traveling and ability of divination will be invaluable."

"And you who stood strong before your brother protecting him from that gangster in the arena what pathway should I choose for you? I already have characteristics for warrior 9 and 8. But is it the best option? Should I rather look for a mutant pathway or something else?

"Right now it is not that important you need to grow bigger, stronger, and more obedient to me. And when the time will be right you shall help me achieve my goals, if you will survive."

Then he heard knocking on his door, Albert stood behind them holding a tray with two bowls and a cushion under his arm.

Hector went to him and took the tray and put it before the puppies and then he put a cushion next to his bed. Then he dismissed Albert and watched the puppies eat their food.

When they finished with the food he started to play with them. His goal was to create a bond with them. Then he picked them up and laid them on the cushion. After a few minutes, he could see that they went to sleep, exhausted from the day.

He himself went to sleep shortly after them.

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He woke up as he felt light shine on his head. And when he opened his eyes he saw the familiar sight of his ceiling.

Hector then looked next to his bed and saw that the puppies had already woken up and started to play with each other. While looking at them he realized that they are still puppies and hurriedly took them out of the villa to go to the bathroom. He felt lucky that they did not do their business on the carpet.

He was just able to get to the garden when they started. After which he returned to his room to change his clothes.

After breakfast, he went to the veterinary to have them checked. When he was informed that they are both healthy with only bruises he bought dog food and told Albert to order a dog trainer for the afternoon.

Hector realized that he still didn't pick the names for them.

"Gorm is a cool name." Hector chose the name for the bigger one who protected his brother. As the name originated from the hellhound guarding Hel's gate in Norse mythology Garm. Of course he slightly changed it so if someone heard it they wouldn't be suspicious, especially Klein.

"And you will be Simar. From the name Simargl from east Slavic mythology."

Then he tried to imprint those names on them by taking them into his hands and he would call them and when they would respond he would give them a treat.

When the trainer came he looked them over and asked how should be trained. To be guard dogs or hunting dogs.

Hector decided that both would be trained in guarding but Simar would be trained mainly in hunting with little guarding.

While there were only puppies they would be taking it from the basics. And puppies are the easiest to train. When they grow older it would usually becomes harder.

"It is important to start training your dogs is important as even basic obedience such as sit, wait, and coming back when called gives freedom to do things they like to do, like running off the lead and coming with you to meet friends and family, while being safe and under control.

"What's more, dogs are intelligent animals, and most love to learn, so training can be a great way of stopping them from getting bored." The trainer spoke to Hector.

"And how will they be trained?" Hector wasn't experienced in this field.

"All training should be reward based. Giving your dog something they really like such as food, toys, or praise when they show a particular behavior means that they're more likely to do it again.

"It's important to find out what your dog really likes and what their favorite things are. Favorite treats are often small pieces of meat or cheese. The better the reward, the more your dog will enjoy training and learning." He finished talking for a few breaths and continued

"Few tips for training are to minimize distraction. Start the lessons for new tricks in a quiet room in your house or environment, away from any distractions.

"Break training up into short but regular sessions so your dogs aren't overwhelmed.

Be patient and always end with something your dog knows so the end of the session is finished positively.

You have two dogs so be sure to not make them jealous of each other."

Then the trainer with help from Hector started to train the puppies.

Hector found out that Gorm preferred treats made from meat, while Simar liked chees more.

Gorm was also more obedient and he paid attention when Hector. While Simar would run around playing with grass and flowers.

Hector could not wait for them to grow and become powerful weapons at his disposal.

Having Simar become an apprentice will be a great help to him in areas in which he himself is weak.

But he still needs to decide which to choose for Gorm.

Warrior would not be the worst choice for him but warrior uses weapons. He could give him metal claws and teeth as weapons but he still wasn't sure.

Maybe a mutant pathway would be better, but he would need to be careful of the curses that accompanied them.

He didn't want to make him of Abyss pathway as they are prone to corruption and Hector isn't strong enough to control or influence them yet.

"Who knows what would be the right choice?"

After a few hours trainer said it was enough for the day and Albert showed him out.

It would be a nice way to end the day but Albert came to Hector and informed him that it is time for them to host a banquet.

Oh, hell no. Hector thought at the idea.

And how could he after his last one? And now he is supposed to host it.

But then he relented after a few moments, but he was resolute to prepare few things in precaution.

I will need about 10kg of sacred salt, a few gallons of holy water, at least a bishop, and one holy nuclear weapon.

He laughed at the thought as he continued with his day.